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Posted on by ZeeshanGhause

Hi Folks!

could you please help me how i can run flow in user context because we have enabled auditing on entity level not on all fields. we are tracking who is in modified by.
i have a schedule flow in which i am updating the record on change of calculated field.

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but it is disturbing our stats you know every time when this flow will get trigger on schedule base it will populate the user who created flow in modified by column.

help me how i can run this in user context. I know you will say "post this question on power automate community i did there too but there is no more traffic than here .

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RE: Run flow in user context

Good Evening a33ik

Could you please help me in this Console App CRM Fetchxml.

Thanks,
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RE: Run flow in user context

Thanks! I'm glad I was able to help.
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RE: Run flow in user context

Hi a33ik morning.

You are a champ thanks for your assistance.
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RE: Run flow in user context

Pre-Plugin that I mentioned is for update of existing records.

But potentially you can use it for all set of operations what you can do is to pass "Former" user id to the Update to mark this as an Update from flow and use it accordingly in the code of the plugin. In this case you will have no need in impersonation.
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RE: Run flow in user context

Thanks a33ik

according to you i have to write pre operation plugin on purchase vehicle plate column. changing plate column will set the value of plate on all other entities name column and i will set the modified by purchase vehicle into other entities modified by column but don't execute update request for other entities in pre operation plugin here power automate will play its role and will execute update steps am i right?

am i right ?
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There is no easy way on how you can set ModifiedBy field. But there is a workaround that would require additional code - rajeevpentyala.com/.../
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Thanks a33ik really appreciated.

what about the existing record they have in correct modified by. how i can set modified by column. is there any work around. if yes then i can simply add get a record action step before update a record action step and set the modified by column of update a record step with get a record step modified by column value.
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RE: Run flow in user context

Ok. Now it's clear and unfortunately there is no easy way for you to implement it.

Flow "Update Record" doesn't have possibility to "Run-As" but pure WebApi requests have "impersonation" possibility. So here is what you can do:

1. Compose WebApi Update request with impersonation - docs.microsoft.com/.../impersonate-another-user-web-api - you can play with it using PostMan. Here is article that describes how you can set your PostMan - docs.microsoft.com/.../setup-postman-environment

2. Once 1 is completed - you can use "List Records" action in the flow to get records and include "Modified By" to your query.

3. You can use Http Request with Azure AD request to call WebApi directly defining impersonate as user. Here is the post that describes how you can work with WebApi without the CDS adapter - www.itaintboring.com/.../
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Thanks a33ik

i know you are one of the champ.

i have calculated field and i want to set an other column value on base of calculated field. i tried to trigger power automate flow on change of calculated field but not succeeded for workaround i have create flow and scheduled it when it update any record then it shows owner of the flow in modified by field.

how i can achieve the same behavior in scheduled flow as in real time workflow where ownership is who made changes?
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RE: Run flow in user context

Hello,

I believe the main reason why you don't get a lot of responses on the Power Automate forum is because your question is... controversial and it's controversial because it's not clear what you mean with "User Context" and scheduled flow. User Context makes sense when user causes an action that triggers the flow (like Create/Update/Delete record or something user-initiated).

So in order to give you any feedback - how do you see "User Context" in your scenario of scheduled flow?