Configuring an RPA flow

For simplicity’s sake, we’re going to reuse the existing Microsoft Forms form that we created in Chapter 13, Working with Microsoft Forms. You can create a new one if desired, but you may need to modify the steps in the example to suit your form.

Since this is a more complex and involved flow, this process is going to be broken into a series of smaller sections.

Configuring the flow framework

In this first section, we’re going to configure a new flow to invoke an action launching Power Automate Desktop. We’ll also set up the variables.

To get started, follow these steps:

1. On the computer where Microsoft Access and Power Automate desktop are configured, ensure the Contact Database is open with Microsoft Access.
2. Click Create and then select Automated cloud flow. Enter a Flow name, such as Add Contact to Access Database.
3. Select the When a new response is submitted Microsoft Forms trigger and click...