Viewing all your execution logs and organizing them

You have probably used logs already, and we have also talked in this chapter about the history of executions so you can see the steps your flow went through and what happened within each action. The general flow details screen demonstrates a short history of the executions of the flow (Figure 11.17). However, we can go further and really understand how Power Automate works.

Figure 11.17 – The main screen of a flow

With all the connectors automated, Power Automate undertakes constant checks to establish whether there is something new. For example, in the When a new email arrives connector, Power Automate constantly goes to Outlook and checks whether there are any new emails so it can start the flow. This is an execution, but it does not appear in the initial history screen!

This execution is done every 3 minutes or less (depending on your license), and it is through that execution that the flow is...