Requirement: How to use Configure Run After in Power Automate flow
The Configure “Run After” to almost all Power Automate actions by simply clicking on the three dots on the right corner of the step which to configure. Select “Configure run after” from the drop-down menu. From there, select either one of the options or multiple options. For example, the following situation shows the configuration of the Run After handler after updating a list item in SharePoint
- For this Create a flow as :
- Trigger: When an item is created(Site address, List Name)
- Action1: Send an email with options(Emailid, Happy to hear , your ready to leave by taking ({Title}))
- Action2: Update item(Site address, list name, Id(from trigger), Title(from trigger))
In Power Automate, there are 4 options to choose from in which “Run After” can be configurated from:
- Is successful – If the action runs successfully.
- Has failed – An action has any type of failure (except timeout).
- Is skipped – An action was skipped. Actions are skipped either when a condition is not met, or when a previous action before that fails.
- Has timed out – An action times out. This can happen if the call to the backend times out (120 seconds), or for long-running actions such as approvals, after 30 days.
Once the user have selected which option would like, successfully implemented “Run After” workflow!
Now Save and Run the flow, create a new item in the sharepoint list and after getting the mail click on the title and color it returns the new value and displays as approved mail as shown in below.
When the user click on Options then it displays as action complete.
It’s that easy to configure “Run After” for Power Automate! Adding this feature to the workflows will reduce manual work and ensure that they run just the way want them to.