Export flows and import them in Azure Logic Apps.

You can export your Flows in Power Automate and import them in Logic Apps.

Export flows in Power Automate

I really like Power Automate, but I like Azure Logic Apps sometimes better. Huh? Aren’t they the same or at least similar?

Indeed they are similar, but I quite like having all my flows in a single place and therefore I was pleasantly surprised  when I noticed the export to Logic Apps template option today:

So I exported my flow.  I went to Microsoft Azure Logic Apps and then I struggled to find and options. It’s not available when you try to create the logic app:

Also, if you first create the Logic App and then try to find an import option:

It is simply not there. then I had a look at the export file:

{"$schema":"https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion":"1.0.0.0",
"parameters":{"logicAppName":{"type":"String","metadata":{"description":"Name of the logic app."}},"logicAppLocation":{"defaultValue":"[resourceGroup().location]","allowedValues":["eastasia","southeastasia","centralus","eastus","eastus2","westus","northcentralus","southcentralus","northeurope","westeurope","japanwest","japaneast","brazilsouth","australiaeast","australiasoutheast","southindia","centralindia","westindia","canadacentral","canadaeast","westcentralus","westus2","[resourceGroup().location]"],"type":"String","metadata":{"description":"Location of the logic app."}},"office365_Connection_Name":{"defaultValue":"office365","type":"String","metadata":{"description":"Name of the connection."}},"sharepointonline_Connection_Name":{"defaultValue":"sharepointonline","type":"String","metadata":{"description":"Name of the connection."}}},"resources":[{"type":"Microsoft.Logic/workflows","name":"[parameters('logicAppName')]","apiVersion":"2016-06-01","location":"[parameters('logicAppLocation')]","properties":{"state":"Disabled","definition":{"$schema":"https://schema.management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Logic/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#","contentVersion":"1.0.0.0","parameters":{"$connections":{"defaultValue":{},"type":"Object"},"$authentication":{"defaultValue":{},"type":"SecureObject"}},"triggers":{"When_an_item_is_created":{"recurrence":{"interval":5,"frequency":"Minute"},"splitOn":"@triggerBody()?['value']","type":"ApiConnection","inputs":{"host":{"connection":{"name":"@parameters('$connections')['sharepointonline']['connectionId']"}},"method":"get","path":"/datasets/@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('https:/ /pieterveenstradev.sharepoint.com/sites/CommSite'))}/tables/@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('e42ebd6b-73a5-4b49-8886-e61515749c91'))}/onnewitems","authentication":"@parameters('$authentication')"}}},"actions":{"Send_an_email":{"runAfter":{"Send_approval_email":["Succeeded"]},"type":"ApiConnection","inputs":{"host":{"connection":{"name":"@parameters('$connections')['office365']['connectionId']"}},"method":"post","path":"/Mail","body":{"To":"pieter@PieterVeenstraDev.onmicrosoft.com;;","Subject":"Email ","Body":"Email sent"},"authentication":"@parameters('$authentication')"}},"Send_approval_email":{"runAfter":{},"type":"ApiConnectionWebhook","inputs":{"host":{"connection":{"name":"@parameters('$connections')['office365']['connectionId']"}},"path":"/approvalmail/$subscriptions","body":{"NotificationUrl":"@{listCallbackUrl()}","Message":{"To":"pieter@PieterVeenstraDev.onmicrosoft.com;","Subject":"Approval Request","Options":"Approve, Reject","Importance":"Normal"}},"authentication":"@parameters('$authentication')"}}}},"parameters":{"$connections":{"value":{"office365":{"id":"[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionId, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', parameters('logicAppLocation'), '/managedApis/', 'office365')]","connectionId":"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/connections', parameters('office365_Connection_Name'))]","connectionName":"[parameters('office365_Connection_Name')]"},"sharepointonline":{"id":"[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionId, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', parameters('logicAppLocation'), '/managedApis/', 'sharepointonline')]","connectionId":"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/connections', parameters('sharepointonline_Connection_Name'))]","connectionName":"[parameters('sharepointonline_Connection_Name')]"}}}}},"dependsOn":["[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/connections', parameters('office365_Connection_Name'))]","[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/connections', parameters('sharepointonline_Connection_Name'))]"]},{"type":"Microsoft.Web/connections","name":"[parameters('office365_Connection_Name')]","apiVersion":"2016-06-01","location":"[parameters('logicAppLocation')]","properties":{"api":{"id":"[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionId, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', parameters('logicAppLocation'), '/managedApis/', 'office365')]"},"displayName":"[parameters('office365_Connection_Name')]"}},{"type":"Microsoft.Web/connections","name":"[parameters('sharepointonline_Connection_Name')]","apiVersion":"2016-06-01","location":"[parameters('logicAppLocation')]","properties":{"api":{"id":"[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionId, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/', parameters('logicAppLocation'), '/managedApis/', 'sharepointonline')]"},"displayName":"[parameters('sharepointonline_Connection_Name')]"}}]}

then I compared this with the Code view of an existing Logic App:

{
"definition": {
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Logic/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#",
"actions": {},
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"outputs": {},
"parameters": {},
"triggers": {}
}
}

Then I replaced the json following the definition part ( Microsoft, was it really not possibly to include the “definition”: { } in the export file? But as soon as I hit the save button I got the following error message:

Failed to save the logic app. Unrecognised schema version.

I’m not going to be beaten that easily. As I tried to fix template I moved from one error into the next and I wasn’t really getting anywhere.

Next approach, create a new app in Azure Logic Apps and then check the code view and see what I did wrong earlier

This is where you will quite quickly make the conclusion that the export option doesn’t really deliver the right format json.  Yes you could create a Logic app and then copy in the actions with the code view, but this will probably take longer than creating the actions manually.