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Triggering a flow from Power Pages - weirdness

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Hello,
 
I am looking for an explanation.  There seems to be a hidden connection between a Power Page site and the cloud flow it calls.
 
Setup:
 
I have 2 exact flows.  Both are being called from a Power Pages page via safeAjax API.
Both have been added to the site and have security roles assigned.
 
But, from the exact same page, one flow fires, but the other does not.
To be clear.  I swap the flow url for each run.  Both are not being called per run.  Just one at a time.
One triggers, one doesn't.  Exact same setup.  Both have same inputs, both receive exact same payload.
 
Ideas?  
 
Wasted a lot of time trying to make it work.  I finally gave up and replicated actions into the flow that did respond.
But I'd like to know what's going on.  There must be a hidden id that is miss-matching.
 
Doug
 
 
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  • Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    50,281 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Triggering a flow from Power Pages - weirdness
     
    Question: Did the newest one use the updated URLs for calling Flows. I am assuming you are making HTTP calls, so did you use the newest urls required and the old one is using the old (which I believe is still supported until a bit), and there are updated IPs also for things.
     
    So just checking.
  • dgray304 Profile Picture
    215 on at
    Triggering a flow from Power Pages - weirdness
    @Michael E. Gernaey  Yes.  On each run, I would swap the provide url when added to the site.
     
    Update.  Been playing around and learned, it is not the trigger inputs.  
     
    The issue (flow not triggering from api) is only apparent when I added a new "List rows" action.
     
    So I'm afraid, the title is now miss-leading.
     
    However, it may help someone else.  The issue still exist.  Just not a trigger issue.
     
    The issue now is,  why did adding a list rows disable the trigger.  I did check permissions on the entity for the list rows.
    Seems like the flow is doing some kind of "pre-flight" check.  If fails, no trigger.  
     
    Flow triggers and runs without the list rows.  I tested the list rows on its own.  Copying the list rows action and pasting into another new flow, runs fine.
     
    So it's a combination of the contents of my flow, with the addition of the list rows.
    And permissions are set on list rows entity.
     
    Clues how they may be interferring?
     
    NOTE: The list rows action does NOT reference any tokens/variables and is NOT referenced by anything else (yet).
     
    Thanks,
    Doug
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    215 on at
    Triggering a flow from Power Pages - weirdness
    All,
     
    Update:  The workaround solution was to use a subflow.  I made a flow with just an instant trigger, the list rows and the respond action to return the value.
     
    Then from the subject 'parent' flow (where list rows is a problem), I call the child flow instead of using the list rows, it returns the value and all  good.
     
    Still don't know why the list rows bonked the trigger.  
     
    Think subflow if you run into this issue.
     
    Doug
     

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