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Data Activator

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This connector is for use with Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric. You can use this connector to start a flow when a Data Activator rule activates.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Power Automate Premium All Power Automate regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Power Apps Premium All Power Apps regions except the following:
     -   US Government (GCC)
     -   US Government (GCC High)
     -   China Cloud operated by 21Vianet
     -   US Department of Defense (DoD)
Connector Metadata
Publisher Microsoft, Data Activator

This connector is for use with Data Activator in Microsoft Fabric. You can use this connector to start a flow when an activator rule is triggered.

Prerequisites

To use this connector you must be a customer for Data Activator.

Get started with your connector

To create a flow that runs when a Data Activator rule fires:

  1. Within a Data Activator rule definition, go to Action settings, open Type dropdown and select New custom action.
  2. Input name and parameters of the new action.
  3. Copy the custom action's connection string to your clipboard.
  4. Select Open flow builder to configure the flow in Power Automate.
  5. In the first step of your flow "When an activator rule is triggered", paste the connection string that you copied in step 3.
  6. Add further steps to your flow as required. You can access details about the Data Activator rule that fired from the "dynamic content" pane.
  7. Return to Data Activator and click done. Your custom action will now be available within the Type dropdown, for use by any rule.

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:
Default Parameters for creating connection. All regions Not shareable

Default

Applicable: All regions

Parameters for creating connection.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 60 seconds

Triggers

When an activator rule is triggered

This operation triggers when a specific Data Activator rule activates.

When an activator rule is triggered

Operation ID:
CreatePowerAutomateWorkflow

This operation triggers when a specific Data Activator rule activates.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Connection String
 connectionInfo True string

The connection string of the Power Automate action of the Data Activator rule

Returns

Name Path Type Description
Activation time
 eventTime string

Time (UTC) when the rule condition was met.
Activation ID
 eventId string

ID of the specific occasion the rule was activated.
Rule ID
 ruleId string

ID of the rule that caused this activation.
Rule name
 ruleName string

Name of the rule that caused this activation.
Rule URL
 ruleUrl string

URL to the rule that caused this activation.
Object instance ID
 objectInstanceId string

ID of the instance of the object that met the rule condition.
Object name
 objectName string

Name of the type of object that this rule monitors.
Input fields
 inputFields

User-defined input fields in JSON format.