Scheduling

Power Automate Desktop does not have a schedule execution function. Therefore, it is not possible to implement a function that runs a flow at a specific date and time.

Instead, it can be created if the current time is obtained while the flow is infinite loop, and the process is branched only when it has a specific time.

This time, I will explain the method.

📄️ infinite loop

The schedule cannot be executed in the free version.Therefore, I think that it is often implemented that monitor specific actions by continuing to execute the flow without ending the flow.Introducing how to implement an infinite loop

implemented with copy and paste

We have prepared a sample flow that works only at 8:00 in the morning while continuing the loop.

Copy the following code and paste it on the edit screen of Power Automate Desktop to add the target action.

LOOP FROM 0 TO 1 STEP 0
    DateTime.GetCurrentDateTime.Local DateTimeFormat: DateTime.DateTimeFormat.DateAndTime CurrentDateTime=> CurrentDateTime
    Text.ConvertDateTimeToText.FromCustomDateTime DateTime: CurrentDateTime CustomFormat: $'''HH''' Result=> CurrentHour
    Text.ConvertDateTimeToText.FromCustomDateTime DateTime: CurrentDateTime CustomFormat: $'''mm''' Result=> CurrentMinute
    IF (CurrentHour = '08' AND CurrentMinute = '00') = True THEN
        Display.ShowMessageDialog.ShowMessage Title: $'''It is the specified time.''' Message: $'''It's 8 o'clock in the morning!''' Icon: Display.Icon.Information Buttons: Display.Buttons.OK DefaultButton: Display.DefaultButton.Button1 IsTopMost: False
    END
    WAIT 60
END

Multiple conditions are stored in the IF sentence.See the following page for details of this method.

📄️ Conditional branch of multiple conditions

This section describes how to set multiple conditions in one IF statement using a Boolean type that returns true or false.

Points to be careful

Watch out for duplicate execution

In this sample, he runs a loop every minute and works only at 8:00.

However, if this condition is only at 8 o'clock, the action in the IF sentence will be executed about 60 times.

It is necessary to define the variable whether or not to be executed, and set a value on the variable once it is executed.