MS Teams connector PostMessageToConversation

[baarsd]

Hi all,

does anyone have an idea how to use PostMessageToConversation from the MS Teams connector? Microsoft Teams - Connectors | Microsoft Docs suggests 3 required values, post as, post in. However when I try and use it in PowerApps, 

1. It is not clear what the location (post in) field should be (especially if we're trying to target a user)
2. When putting some dummy data in, the command doesn't seem to want to accept 3 variables, even though the docs page say all are required

Has anyone used this successfully?

Thanks,
Dylan

[v-jefferni]

Hi @baarsd ,

Could you please share more details about your scenario? Would you like to post message to users in Teams as Flow bot?

If so, the action "PostMessageToConversation" is actually available in Power Automate (MS Flow):

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
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[baarsd]

Hi,

what I was wanting to do was post directly to Teams from PowerApps as the logged in user - posting via a flow as the chat bot would probably work as well for my use case. I'll investigate that!

Thanks

[baarsd]

Hi again,

sorry it's not clear how I'd target a user using the flow? Can you help?

Thanks

[v-jefferni · Accepted solution]

Hi @baarsd ,

If you post a message to a user as flow bot, then this message would have no relevant with current user of Power App, the recipient could reply to the flow bot, however it would not know by whom this message is sent.

Below is the Flow:

Below is the Flow append on a button, with the parameter "Recipient" set to current user:

And below is what the recipient would receive:

One point to note, you will not be able to send private messages to individuals, no matter with Flow or Power Apps. As a user, Flow and Power Apps only support sending messages to a channel. You may consider use the "Post a message as the Flow bot to a user":

append the Flow OnSelect of a button, with the parameter recipient ask in Power Apps, the recipient would recieve a message from the flow bot and could see the sender of this message:

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it.

[FacundoGorla]

isn''t there any way to do it with the Power App function? without doing anything with power automate?

[lardo5150]

Did you ever figure this out, having same issue.

[gthermot]

I'm experiencing the same issue in PowerApps. The connector is missing the "body" parameter.

[Boneckrh19]

"If you post a message to a user as flow bot, then this message would have no relevant with current user of Power App, the recipient could reply to the flow bot, however it would not know by whom this message is sent."

But this is exactly the use case I am looking for. I don't need anyone to reply to what's sent. I just want to send a notification via Teams from an app the same way I can send a notification via Teams from a flow. I can send an email directly from the app, but at my company everyone would much prefer Teams messages. A chat with the flow bot would work perfectly and somehow that particular action just doesn't work from PowerApps even though so many other teams actions do. Is this going to be a feature eventually? There's an idea for it here as well

https://ideas.powerapps.com/d365community/idea/412b3dd4-cae7-4fdd-8599-72ec1875a501

[nayoshik]

I was posted to my Blog on how to post messages to Teams using PostMessageToConversation of Teams Connector in Power Apps. Please use your browser to translate it.

https://qiita.com/nayoshik/items/d40710c4be57440f9cb5