Forms, Empty Answers, and Power Automate

[bracine]

I am using forms to request items like office supplies and such.  If someone wants pens, they put in a number for what they want.  If they don't want pens, they just don't answer the question. I have a flow that is supposed to create a sharepoint list item and take the items and put them into a task card via string variable when a number is present.  But only for items that had an answer.

The condition I was using to check against an answer was "form question" is equal to "null".  Then I append variable on the no side.  To recap, if there's something in the text field of the form, which must be a number, the question is not equal to null so the answer should be appended to the string variable.  Unfortunately they all come back false as if each form item has a value even though that isn't true. 

I have tried leaving "null" out and just leaving it blank.  That worked for a different flow with similar parameters but not this particular flow.  Am I using the wrong values?  Any help would be appreciated!

[v-litu-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @bracine,

The question equal to "null" couldn't work in some area, you use empty() function instead, please refer to this instance, on the left side is empty(dynamic content of question), the right side is boolean value "true":

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[jezhall]

Hi thanks for the answer but it still leaves the next step incomplete.

The answer basically says If this field is empty, return True.

But what happens next?  How do you use the answer to suppress html or words from the body of the email.

Could you please fill in the next steps.?  I have read loads and loads of questions on the subject of suppressing blank answers and text from thebody of emails but no one seems to give the entire answer. 

Any help greatly appreciated.

[jezhall]

To give more context, I have a form with 5 questions. It is entirely possible that only question 1 is answered. If that is so I do not want to display the rows and colums of a table that hold the other answers - I want to suppress the html table code early.  How do I check it answer 2 is blank and thefore suppress the rest of the email ?

[Clifferton]

It is typically better to start your own question rather than try to change the context of a previously answered question.

[jezhall]

Thanks for the pointless reply - presumably you do not know the answer.

[Clifferton]

I'm happy to help you find the answer if you start your own question. We'll need more detail than what you've given here.