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This feature would be fantastic for creating a modular environment. The passing of parameters between flows and essentially creating the ability to make functions would make flows an irreplacable asset to my work.

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This item was part of the October 2019 release : https://flow.microsoft.com/blog/october-updates-for-microsoft-flow/

Hi all Microsoft Flow currently offers the possibility to invoke functions from Conditions blocks by clicking Advanced mode. This way we can access lots of useful staff defined in Workflow Definition Language Could it be possible to extend this option to Action blocks also? This way we will be able to manipulate strings, add current date, etc.

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You can now include expressions in any action. Read more here: https://flow.microsoft.com/blog/use-expressions-in-actions/

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