I have a flow built to create task in Planner and assign it to a specific person based on an answer to a question on an MS Form. I'm using a Case Switch, but it's not matching the text string from the Form to the text on the case. What am I missing?
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Hi @geophman as it's a Forms question that allows multiple answers we need to split out each answer and add it into a string variable. In my example below the user can select 1 or more sessions to attend:
So after the When a new response is submitted trigger and Get response details action we need to add an Initialize string variable which I've called varSession
The next action is a Parse JSON action and the syntax you need to add is
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
Next add an Apply to each control and select Body from the dynamic content.
Inside the Apply to each add an Append to string variable, select the name and for the value select Item from the dynamic content
The next action is to add the Switch control and select the string variable from the dynamic content.
In each switch case you then add the Planner Create a task action. But then you need to reset the variable back to null before the next multi-choice answer is looked at, so add a Set variable, select it and in the value field add the expression null.
In my form I selected both SharePoint and Power Automate as the sessions to attend and this is the result of the SharePoint answer. The Power Automate answer went down its switch case channel correctly as well.
Rob
Los Gallardos
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Hi @geophman as it's a Forms question that allows multiple answers we need to split out each answer and add it into a string variable. In my example below the user can select 1 or more sessions to attend:
So after the When a new response is submitted trigger and Get response details action we need to add an Initialize string variable which I've called varSession
The next action is a Parse JSON action and the syntax you need to add is
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
Next add an Apply to each control and select Body from the dynamic content.
Inside the Apply to each add an Append to string variable, select the name and for the value select Item from the dynamic content
The next action is to add the Switch control and select the string variable from the dynamic content.
In each switch case you then add the Planner Create a task action. But then you need to reset the variable back to null before the next multi-choice answer is looked at, so add a Set variable, select it and in the value field add the expression null.
In my form I selected both SharePoint and Power Automate as the sessions to attend and this is the result of the SharePoint answer. The Power Automate answer went down its switch case channel correctly as well.
Rob
Los Gallardos
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So I think I got it. I added the actions you suggested and tested and it failed. I've attached a pic. I'm not sure what I missed.
-Geoff
Thanks Rob! I didn't know if that was ignored formatting, now it seems that it isn't. Here's the other part of the flow.
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