How to retrieve logs for a desktop flow
💡 If you are not using the premium version of the Microsoft Power Automate for desktop, it can be rather tricky to retrieve the logs for the previous runs of a particular desktop flow. Until now.
Problem Description
You need to retrieve the logs for the previous runs of a particular desktop flow and you are not using the premium/paid version of Microsoft Power Automate. What can you do?
Solution
To retrieve the logs:
Go to C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop\Console\Scripts.
In the Scripts folder, select the required desktop flow based on the Workflow ID (see step 4 if you do not have this information).
Go to the Runs folder, select the required run based on the Run ID; alternatively, you can select the required run based on the folder timestamp.
Inside the Run folder, there will be a RunDefinition.json file. Open this file to view the name of the desktop flow and confirm that you are in the correct folder.
The logs can be found in the Actions.log file.
Additional Information
Last updated on: 18 Feb 2023
Tested version(s): 2.28.135.23016
Prerequisites: None
Dependencies: None
Known issues: None
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