Send an email reminder to the creator of the task in Microsoft List

[laz8592]

Hi

I have a Microsoft List that has an existing flow that works with an assigned column (person/group) to send an email reminder a day before matched to a date column. 

Sometimes the creator (employee name category) of the task does not add an assigned user (as its not mandatory field), how can this flow still send an email to the creator  of the task as the flow has assigned email? If I add 'Employee Name Email' in the bcc section of outlook task, will the email still be sent to the creator? See below current flow, thank you. 

[PowerMic]

Hi Iaz,

you may add a condition to check if the assignee is blank, if so use the "Created By" column to get the profile mail and then use it as recipient.

[laz8592]

Hi PowerMic

So under my flow I add a condition like this for 'Created by' to send an email to them?

[OliverR-82 · Accepted solution]

Hi @laz8592 ,

What @PowerMic suggests would look more like the following:

Check if the AssignedTo column is empty (check on the Email property). If it's empty, send an email to the CreatedBy Email. If assignee is not empty, then send the email to AssignedTo Email.

[PowerMic]

Yes, by what I understood you may need to check "Assigned" equal to "null" (into condition),

if yes send to the Created By if not send to the Assignee

[laz8592]

Sorry is it like this

Condition: Assigned item is equal 'to 'blank'

and send email to created by 

[laz8592]

Thanks guys will try that 

[laz8592]

SO I do the necessary but I get an error message, see below

[OliverR-82]

It looks like you have selected the "Created By" dynamic content field in your 'Send an email to Creator of task' action. You need to use the "Created By Email" field instead.

[laz8592]

It worked thanks very much!