Create programming-based automation workflows - Azure Logic Apps (2023)

Applies to:Azure Logic Apps (Verbraucher)

This tutorial shows how to create an example.Logik-App-Workflowwhich runs on a recurring schedule. Specifically, this example workflow checks the travel time, including traffic, between two locations and runs every weekday morning. If the time exceeds a certain threshold, the workflow will send you an email with the travel time and the additional time it takes to reach your destination. The workflow consists of several steps, starting with a script-based trigger, followed by a Bing Maps action, a data operation action, a control flow action, and an email notification action.

In this tutorial you will learn how to:

When you're done, your workflow will look like the following high-level example:

previous requirements

• An Azure account and subscription. If you don't have a subscription,Sign up for a free Azure account.

• An email account from an email provider supported by Azure Logic Apps, e.g. E.g. Office 365 Outlook, Outlook.com or Gmail. With other providersCheck the list of connectors here. This quickstart uses Office 365 Outlook with a work or school account. If you're using a different email account, the general steps remain the same, but your interface may be slightly different.

  Important

  If you choose to use the Gmail connector, only G Suite business accounts can use this connector in logic app workflows without restrictions. If you have a personal Gmail account, you can only use this connector with certain Google-approved services, or you canCreate a Google client app to authenticate with your Gmail connector.For more information, seeData security and privacy policies for Google Connectors in Azure Logic Apps.

• To get the travel time for a route, you need a master key for the Bing Maps API. To get this key follow the steps forHow to get a Bing Maps key.

• If your workflow needs to communicate through a firewall that restricts traffic to specific IP addresses, that firewall needs to allow access to itbothIsVerbotenjoutgoingIP addresses used by Azure Logic Apps in the Azure region where your logic app resource resides. If your workflow also usesmanaged connectors, such as Office 365 Outlook Connector or SQL Connector, or usecustom connectors, the firewall must also allow accessatIsOutbound IP addresses of the managed connectorin the Azure region of your logic app resource.

Create a consuming logic app workflow

1. NOblue portal, sign in with your Azure account.

2. Select on the Azure home pagecreate a resource.

3. No menu for Azure Marketplace, selectIntegration>logical application.

   

4. About itCreate logic appTafel, anThe essentialprovide the following information about your logic app resource.

   

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   enrollment	Sim	<Name of Azure-Subscriptions>	Your Azure subscription name. This example usesPay when you go out.
   resource group	Sim	LA-TravelTime-RG	IsAzure resource groupwhere you create your logic app resource and associated resources. This name must be unique across all regions and can only contain letters, numbers, hyphens (-), underlines (_), brackets ((,)) and periods (.).
   Name	Sim	LA - travel time	Your logic app's resource name, which must be unique across all regions and contain only letters, numbers, dashes (-), underlines (_), brackets ((,)) and periods (.).

5. Before making any other selections, go toPlanoSection. Forplanttype, chooseconsumptionto show only the settings for a Consume Logic App workflow running in multi-tenant Azure Logic Apps.

   IsplanttypeThe property also specifies the billing model to use.

   planttype	Description
   Standard	This logic app type is the default choice and runs on single-tenant Azure Logic Apps and uses theStandard billing model.
   consumption	This type of logic app runs on global multi-tenant Azure Logic Apps and uses theconsumption billing model.

6. Now proceed with the following selection:

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   Region	Sim	western United States	The Azure data center region to store your application's information. This sample deploys the sample logic appwestern United StatesRegion in Azure. Use: If your subscription is associated with an Integration Service environment, this list includes those environments.
   Enable log analysis	Sim	NO	This option only appears and applies when you selectconsumptionlogic app type. Change this option only if you want to enable diagnostic logging. For this tutorial, keep the default selection.

7. When you're done, selectrevise + create. After Azure validates information about your logic app resource, selectCreate.

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8. After Azure deploys your app, choosego to the resource.

   Azure opens the workflow template selector panel, showing an introductory video, commonly used triggers, and workflow template samples.

9. Scroll down past the "Video" and "Common Triggers" sections to "modelssection and selectblank logic app.

   

Then add the repeatDeduction, which runs the workflow based on a specific schedule. Every workflow should begin with a trigger that fires when a specific event occurs or when new data meets a specific condition. For more information, seeCreate your first logic app workflow.

Add repeat trigger

1. In the workflow designer, select in the search boxBuilt-in.

2. Type in the search boxReappearand select the named triggerReappear.

   

3. About itReappearshape, choose thesuspension points(...) and then selectrename. Rename the trigger with this description:Check the travel time every weekday morning

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4. In the trigger, change these properties as described and shown here.

   

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   Interval	Sim	1	The number of wait intervals between checks.
   frequency	Sim	Week	The unit of time to use for the repeat.

5. LowIntervaljfrequency, open thisadd new parameterand select these properties to add them to the trigger.

   • Nowadays
   • at this time
   • in these minutes

   

6. Now set the values ​​for the additional properties as shown and described here.

   

   Property	Valentina	Description
   Nowadays	Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday	This setting is only available if you configure thefrequencyAWeek.
   at this time	7, 8, 9	This setting is only available if you configure thefrequencyAWeekÖTag. Select the hours of the day for this recurrence. This example continues7,8, Of9-Time stamp.
   in these minutes	0, 15, 30, 45	This setting is only available if you configure thefrequencyAWeekÖTag. For this replay, select the minutes of the day. This example starts at the zero hour mark and runs every 15 minutes.

   This trigger fires every 15 minutes every day of the week, starting at 7:00 AM. M. and ends at 9:45 a.m. M. HeAdvance paymentChart shows repeat timeline. For more information, seeScheduling tasks and workflowsjWorkflow actions and triggers.

7. To hide the trigger details for now, collapse the shape by clicking in the shape's title bar.

   

8. Save your workflow. Select on the designer toolbarSave on computer.

Your logic app's workflow is now active in the Azure portal, but does nothing other than being triggered on the specified schedule. So add an action that reacts when the trigger fires.

Get the travel time of a route

Now that you have a trigger, add oneactionwhich preserves the travel time between two locations. Azure Logic Apps provides a connector for the Bing Maps API so you can easily get this information. Before beginning this task, make sure you have a Bing Maps API key as described in the prerequisites of this tutorial.

1. In the workflow designer, select below the repeat triggernew step.

2. Lowchoose an operation, chooseStandard. Type in the search boxMaps from Bingand select the action invokedtake away.

   

3. If you don't have a Bing Maps connection, you'll be prompted to connect. Enter the connection details as shown and described, then selectCreate.

   

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   connection name	Sim	BingMaps connection	Enter a name for your connection. This example usesBingMaps connection.
   API key	Sim	<Bing-Maps-API-Chave>	Enter the Bing Maps API key you received earlier. If you don't have a Bing Maps key, find outhow do you get a key.

4. Rename the action with this description:Get route and travel time with traffic.

5. In action, open theAdd new parameter listand select these properties.

   • optimize
   • distance unit
   • Travel mode

   

6. Now enter values ​​for the properties shown and described here.

   

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   landmark 1	Sim	<Startort>	The origin of your route. This example gives an example starting address.
   landmark 2	Sim	<final location>	The destination of your route. This example gives an example destination address.
   optimize	NO	timeWithTraffic	A parameter to optimize your route, such as B. Distance, driving time in current traffic, etc. Select the parameter value,timeWithTraffic.
   distance unit	NO	<your preference>	The distance unit for your route. This example usesMillaas a unit.
   Travel mode	NO	Drive	The travel mode for your route. chooseDriveAway.

   For more information about these parameters and values, seecalculate a route.

7. Select on the designer toolbarSave on computer.

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Then create a variable so you can convert and store the current drive time in minutes instead of seconds. This way you avoid repeating the conversion and can more easily use the value in later steps.

Create a variable to store the travel time

Sometimes you might want to perform operations on data in your workflow and then use the results in subsequent actions. To store these results for easy reuse or reference, you can create variables that store these results after processing. You can only create variables at the top level of the workflow.

By default, thetake awayThe action returns the current travel time with traffic in secondstravel time trafficProperty. By converting and storing this value in minutes, you can more easily reuse the value later without having to convert it again.

1. Not a designer, sob otake awayaction, selectnew step.

2. Lowchoose an operation, chooseBuilt-in. Type in the search boxvariablesand select the action invokedInitialize variable.

   

3. Rename this action with this description:Create a variable to store the travel time

4. Provide this information for your variable as shown in this table and in the steps below the table:

   Property	Mandatory	Valentina	Description
   Name	Sim	travel time	The name of your variable. This example usestravel time.
   Typ	Sim	at	The data type for your variable
   Valentina	NO	An expression that converts the current drive time from seconds to minutes (see steps below this table).	The initial value of your variable.

   1. To create the expression ofValentinaproperty click in the box to open the dynamic content list. If necessary, expand your browser until the dynamic list appears. Choose from the dynamic content listExpression, which displays the expression editor.

      

      The dynamic content list displays the results of previous actions, which you can select as input for subsequent actions in your workflow. The dynamic content list includes an expression editor that you can use to select functions that perform operations on your expression. This expression editor is only available in the dynamic content list.

   2. In the expression editor, enter this expression:div(,60)

      

   3. Within the expression, place the cursor between the left parentheses (() and the comma (,) and selectdynamic content.

      

   4. From the dynamic content list, select the property valuetravel time traffic.

      

   5. After the property value resolves to the expression, selectACCORDINGLY.

      

      IsValentinaThe property now appears as shown here:

      

5. Save your workflow. Select on the designer toolbarSave on computer.

Then add a condition that checks if the current travel time is greater than a certain threshold.

Compare travel time to threshold

1. Under theCreate a variable to store the travel timeaction, selectnew step.

2. Lowchoose an operation, chooseBuilt-in. Type in the search boxillness. and select the invoked action from the list of actionsillness.

   

3. Rename the condition with this description:If the travel time exceeds the limit

4. Create a condition that checks if thetravel timeThe property value exceeds the stated limit as described and shown here:

   1. In the condition on the left side of the condition, click in thechoose a valueCrate.

   2. In the displayed list of dynamic content undervariables, select the called propertytravel time.

      

   3. In the middle comparison field, select the called operatoris bigger than.

   4. On the right side of the condition on whichchoose a valueenter this limit:15

      When you're done, the condition will look like this example:

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5. Save your workflow. Select on the designer toolbarSave on computer.

Then add the action to take when the travel time exceeds your limit.

Send email when limit is exceeded

Now add an action that will email you when travel time exceeds your limit. This email contains the current travel time and the additional time required to drive the specified route.

1. in the conditionsTRUEstore selectionadd an action.

2. Lowchoose an operation, chooseStandard. Type in the search boxSend e-mail. The list returns many results, so to help you filter the list, first select the email connector you want.

   For example, if you have an Outlook email account, select the connector for your account type:

   • Select for Azure work or school accountsOutlook macht Office 365.
   • Select for personal Microsoft accountsOutlook.com.

   This example continues by selecting Office 365 Outlook.

   

3. When the connector actions are displayed, select the action that sends the email, for example:

   

4. If you're not already connected, sign in and authenticate access to your email account when prompted.

   Azure Logic Apps creates a connection with your email account.

5. Rename the action with this description:Send email with travel time

6. For theAproperty, enter the email address of the recipient. You can use your email address for testing purposes.

7. For theThemeproperty, specify the subject of the email and paste ittravel timevariable by following these steps:

   1. type the textCurrent driving time (minutes):with spaces on the right. Hold the cursor onThemeso that the dynamic content list remains open.

   2. In the dynamic content list, in thevariablestitle, selectSee morehence the named variabletravel timepop up

      

      Use

      The dynamic content list does not display them automaticallytravel timevariable because theThemeThe property expects a string value whiletravel timeis an integer value.

      

8. For theBodyproperty specify the content of the email body by doing the following:

   1. type the textAdd additional travel time (minutes):with spaces on the right. Hold the cursor onBodyso that the dynamic content list remains open.

   2. Choose from the dynamic content listExpression, which displays the expression editor.

      

   3. Enter in the expression editorsub(,15)To calculate the number of minutes exceeding your limit:

      

   4. Within the expression, place the cursor between the left parentheses (() and the comma (,) and selectdynamic content.

      

   5. Lowvariables, choosetravel time.

      

   6. Once the property resolves to the expression, selectACCORDINGLY.

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      IsBodyThe property now appears as shown here:

      

9. Save your workflow. Select on the designer toolbarSave on computer.

Then test and run your workflow, which now looks like this example:

Run your workflow

To start your workflow manually, select in the designer toolbartrigger execution>Run.

• If the current travel time falls below your threshold, your workflow does nothing and waits for the next interval before checking again.

• If the current travel time exceeds your limit, you will receive an email with the current travel time and the number of minutes that have exceeded your limit. This is an example of the email your workflow will send:

  

  Advice

  If you do not receive emails, please check your email spam folder. Your spam filter can redirect this type of email. Otherwise, if you're not sure if your workflow ran successfully, check outFix errors in your workflow.

Congratulations, you've created and run a recurring workflow based on a schedule.

To create other workflows that use theReappearTrigger Check out these templates, which are available after you create a new logic app resource:

• Get reminders sent to you daily.
• Delete older Azure blobs.
• Add a message to an Azure storage queue.

clean resources

Your workflow will continue to run until you disable or delete the logic app feature. When you no longer need the example workflow, delete the resource group that contains the logic app resource and related resources.

1. In the Azure portal search box, enter the name of the resource group you created. From the results belowresource groups, select the resource group.

   In this example, the resource group named was createdLA-TravelTime-RG.

   

   Advice

   If you see the resource group under on the Azure home pagecurrent functions, you can select the group on the home page.

2. Check this in the resource group menugeneral descriptionis selected. About itgeneral descriptionPanel toolbar, selectDelete resource group.

   

3. In the confirmation window that appears, enter the resource group name and selectExtinguish.

Next Steps

In this tutorial, you created a logic app workflow that examines traffic based on a specific schedule (weekday mornings) and takes an action (sends an email) when the travel time exceeds a specified threshold. Now learn how to create a workflow that sends mailing list requests for approval by integrating Azure services, Microsoft services, and other SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications.