I want to use the same expression/formula across different conditions but getting error message "Flow save failed with code 'InvalidTemplate' and message"

[MahammadSyn]

My flow checks the automatic replies of people and detects if people have their out of office turned on, if it is on, a message is posted on a group chat to say "so and so are out of office, do not assign them tickets".

The code works perfectly, the Condition Expression is:

"empty(body('Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)')?['value'][0]['automaticReplies']?['message'])" is equal to "true"

But as soon as I create another condition with the same exact code, it throws the error message

"Flow save failed with code 'InvalidTemplate' and message 'The template validation failed: 'The inputs of template action 'Condition' at line '1 and column '5567' cannot reference action 'Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)'. Action 'Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)' must either be in 'runAfter' path or within a scope action on the 'runAfter' path of action 'Condition', or be a Trigger.'.'."

[ManishSolanki]

Hi @MahammadSyn 

You need to modify the action name of the previous get email action in the expression of each branch. In your flow, you are referencing the action name from different branch which is outside the scope of current branch & hence throwing the error.

If this helps & solves your problem, please remember to give a 👍 and accept my solution as it will help others in the future.

[MahammadSyn]

Hi Manish,

Where do I modify this?

I've clicked on the second condition and the only thing I can find is the action name under Condition Settings and the action name matches the branch but the error message now is slightly different to the one before. Screenshot below, many thanks.

The new error:

"Flow save failed with code 'InvalidTemplate' and message 'The template validation failed: 'The action(s) 'Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)' referenced by 'inputs' in action 'First_Condition' are not defined in the template.'.'."

[ManishSolanki · Accepted solution]

Hi @MahammadSyn 

Pls use the following expression:

For branch 1:

empty(body('Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)_1')?['value'][0]['automaticReplies']?['message'])

For branch 2:

empty(body('Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)_2')?['value'][0]['automaticReplies']?['message'])

For branch 3:

empty(body('Get_mail_tips_for_a_mailbox_(V2)_3')?['value'][0]['automaticReplies']?['message'])

and so on for all other branches. While referencing action name in the expression, we replace empty spaces with underscore '_'.

If this helps & solves your problem, please remember to give a 👍 and accept my solution as it will help others in the future.

[MahammadSyn]

Thank you so so much Manish, this resolved it. Many thanks again! 😊

[eliotcole]

You can also use the /presence endpoint on the Graph API, @MahammadSyn, if you have the correct permissions to directly find out a user's OOO status. That might slim down your logic somewhat. 👍

Here's the link to that in the Graph API documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/presence-get?view=graph-rest-1.0

This would respond something like the below:

{
	"calendarData": {
		"isOutOfOffice": false
	},
	"capabilities": [],
	"availability": "Available",
	"activity": "Available",
	"lastActiveTime": "2024-01-29T11:21:25.798Z",
	"nextRefreshTime": "2024-01-29T11:41:10.7944016Z",
	"deviceType": "Desktop",
	"sequenceNumber": 128691518
}

From that we can see that I am currently in the office. 🙂