Filtering Excel Data in Flow

[PseudoNew]

Hello, 

I am trying to create a flow that will notify me 2 weeks before a specific date as a reminder to complete a task.

High Level Process: 

Read rows from an excel file > Filter excel rows that are 2 weeks away > send email reminder

Here's what my current flow looks like that doesn't seem to work. 

I could be going about this all wrong and I'm fine if someone has a better solution. 

[Brad_Groux]

Check out this solution by @v-yuazh-msft - How to filter data from Excel rows.

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[v-bacao-msft]

Hi @PseudoNew ,

1. The first thing you need to determine is whether the Body of the Filter Query is empty. If it is empty, check if the expression you are using is valid.
2. Second, check that the value of StartDate in the Body of List rows present in a table action is in the expected date format.
3. Third, if you have used the Filter array to filter records, then Apply to each should be the Body output by the Filter array as the source of the traversal.
4. Fourth, when configuring Select, you need to use an expression such as item ()[’ColumnName’] to get the field value.

Please follow the tips above to try to improve your Flow.

In addition, you could refer to the following methods to configure Flow without using Filter array and Select. Assume that the value of the StartDate field is displayed in the expected date format on the Body.

• Configure variables to store filtered records, and use Condition to filter records directly.
• Then append the eligible records to the variable in the specified format, you can add the fields you want to display in the table.

Image reference:

Details in Apply to each:

Hoep this helps.

Best Regards,

[PseudoNew]

Thank you for the help. 

I'm still getting hung up on the date formatting. The date comes in as 'MM-dd-yyyy'.

Would I need to convert the date first before filtering? 

[v-bacao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @PseudoNew ,

From your screenshot, the value displayed by StartDate is Number instead of the expected date. You need to refer to the following thread to restore number to Date.

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Excel-file-to-list-flow-date-issue/m-p/279258#M28...

For reference, you can use the following expression to the left of Condition:

addDays('1899-12-30',int(item()['StartDate']),'yyyy-MM-dd')

When configuring Append to an array variable, if you want to add StartDate with Date format, you need to use the same expression.

Please take a try again.

Best Regards,