Automating the Export and Import of Power Automate Solutions

Objective

To streamline the process of exporting and importing Power Automate solutions across different environments or for backup purposes by automating the workflow. This automation helps reduce manual intervention, ensuring consistency and improving efficiency in solution management.

We will create a Power Automate Workflow to automate the solution. Here are the steps.

Step 1. Create a manually triggered flow.

Step 2. Add a new action, "Perform an unbound action".

Step 3. Add an action to create a new zip file inside the Document Library of the SharePoint site.

Add the following formula to the file content.

base64ToBinary( Body('Perform_an_unbound_action')?['ExportSolutionFile'])

Step 4. Import the Solution to another environment by adding an action "Perform an unbound action in the selected environment".

In this action, you need to select the environment in which you want to import the solution.

You can select if you want to import it as a managed solution.

You can now supply the File content directly from the import.

In the ImportJobId field, we need to pass the UUID (kind of GUID). We can pass random generated Guid with guid() expression.

Step 5. Save the flow and Rum the flow manually.

The exported zip file will be stored in the document library of the given SharePoint site, and the new solution will be imported into the selected environment.

Conclusion

With this small workflow, we can export and import a solution faster than the manual process of exporting and importing solutions.

Benefits

• Efficiency: Reduces manual effort involved in exporting and importing solutions.
• Consistency: Ensures consistent handling of solution files across environments.
• Error Reduction: Minimizes human error by automating repetitive tasks.
• Backup and Recovery: Facilitates regular backups and easy recovery of solutions.