change execution user for powershell action in flow designer

[Yatharth Batra]

POWERSHELL ACTION IN FLOW DESIGNER EXECUTES AS SYSTEM USER BUT FAILES AS LOGGED-IN USER

I am trying to consume a powershell action in flow designer; the powershell is running on midserver as system user instead of user provided in connection details.

Snippet of result when I try to use command 'whoami'

This user is not having access to content which I am trying to read & edit - and the action fails with error as below:

and error code is having userid as passed in credential of this step.

Is there any way we can change the execution-user to be same as user passed in credentials instead of system account.

[Marcin20]

Hi,

If this user is the same as the user who starts the flow, you can change the Flow properties:

Run As  - 'User who initiates session'

Note: that affects the executions of other actions within the flow.

Best Regards,

Marcin

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[Yatharth Batra]

The service account which was running midserver as service on OS was culprit. Once changed it from system to user-account; the system was no longer reproducible.

[Malathi Vinoth]

Hi Yathrath,

I am having same requirement and I am new to powershell.

Could you please guide me on the steps how to call powershell action in Flow designer.

[Yatharth Batra]

You need to activate a plugin for enabling powershell action in flow designer and then consume the same.