Power automate search for user

[donovan123]

I am building a flow, when user complete the form, they select the approver. To avoid user who has the same name and different email address in the company address book, i also add the email in the option as below. 

in the flow, it gets the name and user the function ' Search for user' to get the email. but Because the input is name + email, the output is blank.

Is there a way to just search the user by multiple factor?

Or can i get a way to remove the name, and get the email, as the input is name + email, and i want the output is email?

[creativeopinion]

@donovan123 Have you considered creating a matrix of approvers based on the user filling out the form or based on the selections made by the user? This would avoid the need for the user to manually select the approver. 

You can build this matrix either in an Excel table or in a SharePoint list—whichever you prefer. 

If the requirement is to have the user manually enter a user (or multiple users) each time they fill out the form, then could you request the user to enter the email address only? This way you don't need to search for a user and you can just use the email address(es) entered by the user. 

I also have a few YT Tutorials on Power Automate and MS Forms that you might be interested in:

How to Get Microsoft Form File Uploads Attached to an Email 📧

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover where file uploads from your Microsoft Forms are saved. I’ll also show you how attach the uploaded files to an email and how to dynamically name the files and customize the recipient of the email based on the selections made in your Microsoft Form. I will also cover how to handle responses that don’t include any file uploads.

IN THIS VIDEO:

‌✅‌ Two types of MS Forms

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Personal (OneDrive) Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Group Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ How to Add a File Upload Question to an MS Form

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form Response

‌✅‌ How to Get the Dynamic Content Microsoft Form File Upload Content

‌✅‌ How to handle Single and Multiple Microsoft Form File Uploads

‌✅‌ How to use a Scope action to Organize and Group Your Flow Actions

‌✅‌ How to Get the File Content from an MS Form File Upload

‌✅‌ How to Collect All Files Uploaded to a MS Form and Attach to an Email

‌✅‌ How to Handle MS Form Response When a File Isn’t Uploaded

‌✅‌ How to Create an Email Key

‌✅‌ How to Send an Email to a Specific Recipient Based on Form Selection

‌✅‌ How to Create a Dynamic Output Based on Form Selection

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How to Add Microsoft Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover how to add file uploads to a SharePoint list item. First, I’ll show you how to get the file name and content from the File Uploads from your Microsoft Form, then I’ll show you how to add those files to a SharePoint item.

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ Two types of MS Forms

✅ Where Microsoft Personal (OneDrive) Form File Uploads are Saved

✅ Where Microsoft Group Form File Uploads are Saved

✅ How to Add a File Upload Question to an MS Form

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response

✅ How to Get the Dynamic Content Microsoft Form File Upload Content

✅ How to handle Single and Multiple Microsoft Form File Uploads

✅ How to use a Scope action to Organize and Group Your Flow Actions

✅ How to Get the File Content from an MS Form File Upload

✅ How to Collect All Files from Multiple File Upload Questions

✅ How to Handle MS Form Response When a File Isn’t Uploaded

✅ How to Attach an MS Form Single File Upload to a SharePoint List Item

✅ How to Attach Multiple MS Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

✅ How to Attach MS Form File Uploads to an Email

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How to Get a Microsoft Form RSVP Response into a SharePoint List

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response into SharePoint

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form response

✅ How to Build a Microsoft Form with Conditional Fields

✅ How to used Branching in Microsoft Forms

✅ How to format Microsoft Form multiple choice responses for a SharePoint multi-choice column

✅ How to parse a Microsoft Form multiple choice response as string of text

✅ How to convert a text response to a number

✅ How to use the Switch action

✅ How to create a custom email confirmation for a Microsoft Form submission

✅ How to Create a Custom View in a SharePoint list

✅ How to use the Compose Action

✅ How to write Power Automate Expressions

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