Optimize Your Work with Microsoft Power Automate Desktop

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In a day to day routine of testing, there are many repeating in inputting data, verify the results. Using an automation testing tools such as Selenium sometimes time consuming as we have to code and don’t reuse the script for long time. In that situation, Power Automate can help.

I. Benefits of Power Automate Desktop

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II. Key Features of Power Automate Desktop

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1. Desktop Flows: Automate tasks on your computer, such as mouse clicks, keyboard inputs, and desktop applications.
2. Web Automation: Automate web-based tasks like form filling, data extraction, and web scraping.
3. Excel Automation: Automate Excel tasks like reading, writing, and manipulating data in spreadsheets.
4. Conditional Logic: Use conditions, loops, and variables to create complex workflows.
5. Connectors: Integrate with a wide range of applications and services, including Office 365, SharePoint, and more.
6. Pre-built Templates: Access a library of templates to get started quickly with common automation scenarios.

III. How to Create a Simple Automated Flow with Power Automate Desktop

Below are step-by-step instructions to create a more complex automated flow with Power Automate Desktop. We will create a flow to automatically fill data from an Excel file into a Google Form. The detailed steps below will help you achieve this:

Step 1: Log in to Power Automate Desktop

• Download and install Power Automate Desktop from Microsoft Power Automate.
• Open Power Automate Desktop and log in with your Microsoft account.

Step 2: Create a New Flow

• Click “New Flow” to create a new flow.
• Name your flow (e.g., “Fill Google Form From Excel”).

Step 3: Add Action to Open Excel File

• From the left control panel, drag and drop the “Launch Excel” action into the design panel.
• Select “Open the following document” and browse to the Excel file you want to use.

Step 4: Read Data from Excel File

• Drag and drop the “Read from Excel Worksheet” action into the design panel.
• Select the sheet and data range you want to read.

Step 5: Open Browser and Navigate to Google Form

• Drag and drop the “Launch new Chrome” or “Launch new Edge” action into the design panel.
• Enter the URL of the Google Form you want to fill.

Step 6: Fill Data into Google Form

• Use the “Populate text field on web page” action to fill data into the form fields.
• Map the columns in Excel to the corresponding fields on the Google Form. Use dynamic content to get data from Excel.

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Step 7: Loop Through Rows in Excel

• Use the “For Each” action to repeat the data entry steps for each row in Excel.

Step 8: Submit Form and Close Browser

• Drag and drop the “Press button on web page” action to click the submit button on the form.
• Use the “Close web browser” action to close the browser after completion.

Step 9: Save and Run the Flow

• Click “Save” to save your flow.
• Click “Run” to execute the flow and check the results.

IV. Using Power Automate Desktop in Software Testing

Microsoft Power Automate Desktop is a powerful tool for automating software testing processes, helping to save time and reduce human errors. With its easy integration with various applications and services, Power Automate Desktop allows the creation of automated testing scenarios from simple to complex without requiring deep programming knowledge.

Let’s implement this diagram using Power Automate Desktop to enhance our software testing processes.

Review the results we achieve after implementing the aforementioned diagram in Power Automate Desktop.

V. Conclusion

By following these steps, you have created an easy to complex flow to automate your work, including software testing by using Power Automate Desktop. This approach helps you save time and effort in manual data entry. Explore more features of Power Automate Desktop to further optimize your workflow!