Power Automate - Custom Actions (overview)
Hi all,
Creating Custom actions is recent added feature in Power Automate. Using this we can create custom actions apart from official actions in power automate desktop.
I was exploring the topic for few days and finally was able to create a simlpe activity to add two numbers and was able to successfully deploy in power automate desktop.
For creating custom action, you need Visual studio 2022 with Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK package installed while building solution. You can build the custom actions using template Power Automate Desktop - Visual Studio templates or without that as well.
The steps for building custom actions is
1) Build a dll file after writing the code in visual studio 2022
2) Sign the dll file with trusted certificate
3) Add every actions to a cab file and sign it as well using digital certificate
4) upload it to the custom actions section in power automate cloud flow
5) Add the custom action to power automate desktop using asset library
Refer the below documentation for
1) Create Custom actions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...
2) Upload Custom actions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...
3) use custom actions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...
Hope this helps !
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