item() function changes to {v} style

[dimitrisval]

Hi All,

I have question has anyone seen this behavior or can explain it?

when I enter the following function  item()['Text'] it appears as function but when I save the flow it changes to  {v} type. Any idea why?

from this 

to this

Many thanks in advance

Dimitris

[MarconettiMarco · Accepted solution]

Hello @dimitrisval 

you're creating a table from a Body where the Description value is already grabbed (probably from a "Parse JSON" action?). That's why PA automatically "translate your expression in the available value.

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Marco

[dimitrisval]

Hi Marco, Thanks you for the explanation. I think you are correct. The only problem with this "translation" is not intuitive and make it difficult for users unfamiliar with Power Automate, and to learn from examples when the translated {v} style is not editable or not indicating what the original type was, is this case an expression fx.

Thank you again for your explanation.

Dimitris