Logic Apps - Runafter - Specify OR condition

Kothai Ramanathan 941 Microsoft Employee

Can we specify an OR condition for "runAfter" ?

MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-08T10:48:17.41+00:00

Hi @Kothai Ramanathan

I hope my answer and comment clears things up. Do let me know if you have any queries.

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MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-28T04:23:14.03+00:00

Hi @Kothai Ramanathan

I hope the answer and comment helps. Feel free to get back to me if you need any assistance.

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Francesco Colombo 0 Reputation points

2023-08-24T19:43:27.92+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT your answer is not what @Kothai Ramanathan was asking!
I have the same question for you, let me explain it to you.

Let's say you have two subsequent actions called A and B in your work flow. Then you have two other actions called C and D. You want your workflow proceed with C if A OR B fails. Instead, you want your workflow proceed with D in case both of them are successful.

How can we achieve that configuring the "runAfter" property on C and D?
Currently, if you have multiple conditions on the "runAfter"" property they are considered using the AND operetor. So in this case C will run only if BOTH A and B fails.

See attached picture to see the workflow example with A, B, C, and D actions.
Alexander Shabunevich 0 Reputation points

2024-01-17T08:11:39.62+00:00

Francesco, you can group A and B in a scope then proceed with D if scope is succeeded and with D if it is failed.

"By default, when all the scope's actions succeed, the scope's status is marked as Succeeded. But when any action in the scope fails or is canceled, the scope's status is marked Failed."

I wasn't able to configure the same behavior using runAfter.

See for the reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-control-flow-run-steps-group-scopes

1 answer

MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-06T09:43:47.8233333+00:00

@Kothai Ramanathan Thanks for reaching out. Yes you can configure runAfter behavior on the action except on the action before the trigger. For more details, please refer to this document.

As you can see in the OR condition, I have specified the configure run after behavior on condition action for HTTP action different state (is successful, has timeout out etc.)

Update :

You can configure multiple action for the run after behavior from the Code View of your workflow.

Once you add multiple actions from code view then it will also be visible from designer view.

For your reference adding the CodeView.txt for my workflow. Make sure to add has failed for your next action. In my case I need to add has failed, is Successful on my Initialize variable 2 action.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/logic-apps-schema-2016-04-01#runafter-property

Let me know if you have any queries or concerns.

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Kothai Ramanathan 941 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-02-06T10:13:28.74+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT - can the runafter be an or condition based on "multiple actions" ? Not just multiple states of a single action.

Kothai Ramanathan 941 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-02-06T10:37:54.5466667+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT want to know if we can specify multiple actions in the or condition, not just multiple states of the same action, thanks.

MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-06T10:47:52.2+00:00

@MayankBargali-MSFT Only one action is possible for the configure run after behavior. Alternative you can keep multiple actions under the scope and use scope action for the configure run after behavior if this works for your business scenario.

Kothai Ramanathan 941 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2023-02-07T08:06:14.7133333+00:00

Thank you for the response. However, wonder why multiple actions cannot be supported for runAfter. Is there any place where we can upvote this ask ?

MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-07T11:19:14.37+00:00

@Kothai Ramanathan As it is the sequential workflow so only the action before for which you have configure the runafter behavior is supported from designer. ~~Not sure what is your use case why you want to use Mutiple action as run after behavior. You can always pass your feedback the feedback for product improvement feature request here.~~

MayankBargali-MSFT 68,396 Reputation points

2023-02-10T05:34:22.02+00:00

@Kothai Ramanathan I have corrected a few things in my answer. By default the designer doesn't allow to configure more than one action but in the code view you can configure more than one action.
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