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andre-cross
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Convert an array into multiple variables to be passed in Teams Option

Hello, I need to parse an array into multiple variables using a delimiter to pass as options in a Teams Flow bot interaction. 

 

My trigger is an email, then I convert HTML to text

...Option1 ...Option2 ...Option3 (etc.) 

 

I take that and use compose / initialize variable to create an array by parsing the email to just the data needed

"Option1",

"Option2",

"Option3"

(etc.)

 

How do I convert the various options into individual variables so that I can pass them into the teams action "Post a choice of options as the Flow bot to a user" so the user can select accordingly. I have about 40 options being generated as a part of this process so I would like to do this in the most efficient way possible. 

 

I appreciate any guidance the community is able to provide 

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that was just my proof of concept. Feel free to initialize 40 variables and then seed them with the array value

 

lbendlin_0-1692916158604.png

which yields

lbendlin_1-1692916217289.png

 

 

 

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lbendlin
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While you can address array elements by their "row"  number  you cannot create variables dynamically.  Either you know exactly that you have 40 entries in the array and assign these to 40 predefined variables, or you refactor your requirement such that the flow only uses a single variable and iterates over the array into it.

andre-cross
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@lbendlin I appreciate the response, I am generating exactly 40, I do have that defined in the data bring brought in. I've seen examples with the For Each activity, but have not been able to recreate it. The email contains 2 things, a "Primary File" and this array of "Option Files". I was able to parse the "Primary File" into its own variable, but I'm struggling with the "Option Files". Should I use the "Increment Variable" option for this? The name of the variable would be "Comp File" but the value will be whatever option is selected in a teams action. 

can you provide a sample of the email body html?

Sure, this comes in as:

____________________________

Power Automate - Automated Schedule Digest Comparison Data

Primary Version: Version 2023-10 P1

Last 40 Versions:

...Version 2023-06 P2 ...Version 2023-07 F0 ...Version 2022-12 F0 ...Version

2023-11 1H P1 ...Version 2023-06 F0 ...Version 2023-08 F0 ...Version 2023-07

P2 ...Version 2022-10 F0 ...Version 2023-03 F0 ...Version 2023-01 P1

...Version 2023-10 P2 ...Version 2023-04 P2 ...Version 2023-02 F0 ...Version

2023-01 F0 ...Version 2023-04 P1 ...Version 2023-05 F0 ...Version 2023-03 P1

...Version 2023-12 2H P1 ...Version 2022-12 2H F0 ...Version 2023-10 P1

...Version 2023-07 P1 ...Version 2022-09 F0 ...Version 2023-05 P2 ...Version

2023-09 P2 ...Version 2022-11 1H F0 ...Version 2023-08 1H F0 ...Version

2023-08 2H P2 ...Version 2023-02 P2 ...Version 2022-11 2H F0 ...Version

2023-09 F0 ...Version 2023-08 1H P2 ...Version 2022-12 1H F0 ...Version

2022-11 F0 ...Version 2023-08 2H P1 ...Version 2023-03 P2 ...Version 2023-01

P2 ...Version 2023-09 P1 ...Version 2023-08 2H F0 ...Version 2023-05 P1

...Version 2023-04 F0

----

)

 

I added the "..." at the start to be able to split the record. I take this and remove the "/n" using a compose from the HTML body. Array starts with "Last 40 Versions" and ends at "----" 

how about the HTML of that part?

@lbendlin 

 

<p><html><head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"><meta content="IE=edge"><meta name="x-apple-disable-message-reformatting"><meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no,address=no,email=no,date=no,url=no"><meta name="color-scheme" content="light"><meta name="supported-color-schemes" content="light"><style>

<!--

body

                {font-family:Arial;

                font-size:14px}

.content

                {background-color:white}

.content .message-block

                {margin-bottom:24px}

.header .message-block, .footer message-block

                {margin-bottom:12px}

img

                {max-width:100%}

@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {

.container

                {width:100%}

.articles, .articles tr, .articles td

                {display:block;

                width:100%}

.article

                {margin-bottom:24px}

 

                }

-->

</style></head><body style="background-color:#f6f6f6; font-family:Arial; color:#222; margin:0; padding:0"><table width="85%" align="center" class="container" style="max-width:1000px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:24px"><div class="header" style="font-family:Arial; color:#999999; font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; margin:0 0 24px 0; text-align:center"><table width="100%" align="center"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><img src="cid:img1.png" alt="" width="520" style="width:520px"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><table width="100%" class="content" style="background-color:white"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:12px"><p><b>Power Automate - Automated Schedule Digest Comparison Data</b><br><b>Primary Version:</b> Version 2023-10 P1 <br><u>Last 40 Versions:</u><br>...Version 2023-06 P2 ...Version 2023-07 F0 ...Version 2022-12 F0 ...Version 2023-11 1H P1 ...Version 2023-06 F0 ...Version 2023-08 F0 ...Version 2023-07 P2 ...Version 2022-10 F0 ...Version 2023-03 F0 ...Version 2023-01 P1 ...Version 2023-10 P2 ...Version 2023-04 P2 ...Version 2023-02 F0 ...Version 2023-01 F0 ...Version 2023-04 P1 ...Version 2023-05 F0 ...Version 2023-03 P1 ...Version 2023-12 2H P1 ...Version 2022-12 2H F0 ...Version 2023-10 P1 ...Version 2023-07 P1 ...Version 2022-09 F0 ...Version 2023-05 P2 ...Version 2023-09 P2 ...Version 2022-11 1H F0 ...Version 2023-08 1H F0 ...Version 2023-08 2H P2 ...Version 2023-02 P2 ...Version 2022-11 2H F0 ...Version 2023-09 F0 ...Version 2023-08 1H P2 ...Version 2022-12 1H F0 ...Version 2022-11 F0 ...Version 2023-08 2H P1 ...Version 2023-03 P2 ...Version 2023-01 P2 ...Version 2023-09 P1 ...Version 2023-08 2H F0 ...Version 2023-05 P1 ...Version 2023-04 F0 <br>----<br>Best, <br>Process Automation</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="footer" style="font-family:Arial; color:#999999; font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; margin:24px 0 0 0; text-align:center"><p>Automatically generated on Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 9:33 PM (UTC) on behalf of the GEMINI System.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></body></html></p>

Here's how I would approach it

lbendlin_0-1692907051662.png

 

The Data variable has your HTML string

The J variable parses the HTML and splits the string such that only your 40 versions are left.

The Test variable receives your 40 values.  It is initially empty.

 

You could add a counter, or address the elements of the J array by their row index.

 

Here's the parse code:

 

skip(
	split(
		first(
			split(variables('Data'),'<br>----')
		)
	,'...')
,1)

 

andre-cross
Regular Visitor

Awesome, I see that the multiple variables are created, but how do I refer to each of them individually? They all have the same name so it does not differentiate. When I plug this variable into the Teams Flow Bot Interaction action it just returns the same value for each option. 

that was just my proof of concept. Feel free to initialize 40 variables and then seed them with the array value

 

lbendlin_0-1692916158604.png

which yields

lbendlin_1-1692916217289.png

 

 

 

andre-cross
Regular Visitor

@lbendlin No actually that works much better! I was not sure how to reference the various items in the array. I was hoping I would be able to use this to generate this in a more consolidated way, but the flow can just be long 🙂 I really appreciate the help with this! The way you cleaned up the HTML was much better then the long route I was taking to do the same thing with 'compose'. 

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