Power Automate tracks time and money saved by successful flows
Power Automate now calculates the time and money saved by your cloud flows. Users define saving rules for solution-based flows, such as minutes per successful run or costs based on an hourly rate. Data aggregates automatically and appears in flow details pages and the Automation Center. Only runs that complete without errors count toward savings. Results update with up to a one-hour delay. Admins can toggle the feature and set data retention up to 365 days. The tool works with Dataverse tables but requires an Environment Maker role and skips test or failed runs.
Before, teams guessed at automation benefits, piecing together manual logs or rough estimates to convince managers. Beginners often built flows that worked once then failed silently, leaving no proof of value amid daily frustrations with approvals and notifications. Now hard numbers from successful runs alone provide instant ROI evidence, visible in familiar Power Automate views. This shifts focus to building flows that actually run reliably over time, rewarding the stable SharePoint-to-Teams links users chase but rarely achieve.
Analysis
This feature lays bare your flaky flows since only winners count, so stop tinkering with half-baked approvals and pick your one reliable notification flow. Add a savings rule today with your real hourly rate divided by 2,000 work hours yearly, then screenshot the first week's data for your next team meeting to demand time for robust blueprints.
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