Run a cloud flow on a schedule

You can ask Copilot to create a scheduled cloud flow. For example, you can ask by typing the following prompt:

1. Sign in to Power Automate.

2. In the Create your automation with Copilot field, type the following prompt:

   Create a flow that runs Monday every week starting 04/14/2025 which sends an email to contoso@gmail.com that their MPR doc is due.

3. Select Generate.

   

4. Copilot generates a flow based on your prompt. You can review the generated flow and make any necessary adjustments. If you're satisfied with the suggested flow, select Keep it and continue.

   

5. Review the connected apps and services. A green checkmark means the connection is ready to go.

   If you don't have a green checkmark, select the connection to set it up.

6. Select Create flow.

7. To define parameters for an action, select the action in the flow designer. The action configuration pane opens on the left side of the screen.

   

   You can ask Copilot to make changes to your scheduled flow using the Copilot panel in the designer.

   After Copilot generates a response, it confirms that it made the update successfully. If you change your mind, you can select Undo to revert the changes.

   

1. Follow the steps in the previous section.

2. Select Recurrence > Show advanced options. When you select Show advanced options, the dropdown name changes to Hide advanced options.

   

3. In the Time zone field, select a time zone from the dropdown list to specify whether the Start time reflects a local time zone, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or other time zone.

4. In the Start time field, enter a start time in this format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

   • YYYY = four-digit year
   • MM = two-digit month (01-12)
   • DD = two-digit day of the month (01-31)
   • T = literal character that separates the date and time
   • HH = two-digit hour in 24-hour format (00-23)
   • MM = two-digit minute (00-59)
   • SS = two-digit second (00-59)
   • Z = literal character that indicates UTC time

   For example, enter 2025-03-24T22:00:00Z to specify 3:00 PM Pacific time on March 24, 2025.

5. If you specified Day under Frequency, select the time of day when the flow should run in the At these hours and At these minutes dropdown lists.

6. If you specified Week under Frequency, do the following.
   

   • In the On these days and At these hours dropdown lists, select the day or days of the week on which the flow should run and the time or times of day when the flow should run.
   • In the At these minutes field, enter the minute values (from 0 to 59) separated by a comma.

   Note

   If you run a flow on the month frequency, the flow runs on the same date each month.

7. Add the action or actions that you want the flow to take, as described in Create a cloud flow from scratch.