PL-500 · Question #183
PowerUp Financial Services is using Power Automate to automate its customer onboarding process. They've created a primary flow in the process to gather client data, and then a secondary flow (child…
The correct answer is B. Configure an output parameter in the child flow and use the primary flow's "Run Child Flow" action. In Power Automate, child flows (called via the 'Run a Child Flow' action) support passing data back to the parent through output parameters. The correct approach is to: (1) define output variables/parameters in the child flow using the 'Respond to a PowerApp or flow' action or…
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PowerUp Financial Services is using Power Automate to automate its customer onboarding process. They've created a primary flow in the process to gather client data, and then a secondary flow (child flow) to execute complex financial calculations based on the data collected. There's now a problem in getting the computed results back to the main flow for further analysis and documentation. Which approach should PowerUp choose to deliver the processed financial computations from the child flow back to the primary flow in Power Automate?
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- ATo send computed results to the primary flow, use Power Automate's "Return Data" action in the
- BConfigure an output parameter in the child flow and use the primary flow's "Run Child Flow" action
- CIncorporate an "Execute Parent Flow" action within the child flow to send the computed results
- DEstablish an API connection between the child flow and the primary flow to transfer processed
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A15% (6)
- B73% (30)
- C5% (2)
- D7% (3)
Explanation
In Power Automate, child flows (called via the 'Run a Child Flow' action) support passing data back to the parent through output parameters. The correct approach is to: (1) define output variables/parameters in the child flow using the 'Respond to a PowerApp or flow' action or by configuring flow outputs, and (2) use the 'Run a Child Flow' action in the parent flow, which will expose those output values as dynamic content for use in subsequent parent flow steps. Option A describes a non-existent 'Return Data' action. Option C ('Execute Parent Flow') does not exist in Power Automate. Option D (API connection between flows) is technically possible but unnecessarily complex and not the recommended pattern for child flow result returns.
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