Power Automate adds input fields to manual triggers
Reviewed by Helen Jones
Microsoft added six input types to the Manually trigger a flow trigger and the SharePoint For a selected item trigger. The types are Text, Number, Date, Yes/No, File, and Email people picker. Users can now collect structured data when they start a flow manually. The values appear as dynamic content for conditions and actions inside the same flow. Input order cannot be changed after creation and every field is required by default. The feature works only on manually started flows.
Before this change, anyone who needed extra data at the start of a manual flow had to insert a Microsoft Forms step or a SharePoint list form. Both added extra connectors, extra permissions, and extra places for the process to break. The new inputs remove that layer but leave untouched the deeper problems these readers face: flows that run without ownership, no automatic alerts on failure, and no record of who supplied the starting values when something goes wrong later.
Analysis
Do not treat the new inputs as a finished solution. The moment you add any input field, also add a Compose action that writes those values plus the run ID into a central log list, then create a daily scheduled flow that flags any log entry without a matching completion record.
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