Error while creating response to a selected message

[Anonymous]

Hi All, I created a PowerAutomate flow to do this: For a selected message in MS Teams, create an AZDO work item and post back response on the same channel / chat group / individual chat (whatever the origin may be) the results. However, in the "Reply with Adaptive card in a channel", I get this error: 

WorkflowOperationParametersRuntimeMissingValue. The 'inputs.parameters' of workflow operation 'Reply_with_adaptive_card_in_a_channel' of type 'OpenApiConnection' is not valid. Error details: The resolved string values for the following parameters are invalid, they may not be null or empty: 'location'

Error screenshot below:

Can anyone help me with this ? I tried to search this forum and others but couldn't get the correct response or unable to resolve.

Thanks in advance,

Senthil

[Expiscornovus]

Hi @Anonymous,

Can you share a screenshot of the Reply with adaptive card in a channel configuration you used? Can you also share the json code you used in the Adaptive card field?

[Anonymous]

Sure, here it is:

Peek code:

{
    "inputs": {
        "host": {
            "connectionName": "shared_teams",
            "operationId": "ReplyWithCardToConversation",
            "apiId": "/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apis/shared_teams"
        },
        "parameters": {
            "poster": "@triggerBody()?['teamsFlowRunContext']?['from']?['name']",
            "location": "@triggerBody()?['teamsFlowRunContext']?['channelData']?['channel']?['id']",
            "body": "Hi @{triggerBody()?['teamsFlowRunContext']?['from']?['name']},\n\nWork item (#@{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/id']} ) has been created successfully. \nWork item type: @{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/fields/System_WorkItemType']}\nArea: @{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/fields/System_AreaPath']}\nProject: @{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/fields/System_TeamProject']}\nTitle: @{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/fields/System_Title']}\nURL: @{outputs('Create_a_work_item')?['body/fields/Vsts_WorkItemUrl']}\n\n"
        },
        "authentication": {
            "type": "Raw",
            "value": "@json(decodeBase64(triggerOutputs().headers['X-MS-APIM-Tokens']))['$ConnectionKey']"
        }
    },
    "metadata": {
        "operationMetadataId": "7a2343f0-2f0b-41d3-a08e-051b65d32027"
    }
}

[Expiscornovus]

Hi @Anonymous,

In the Post In you select the location type, not the channel id. So, in your setup that would be Channel instead of that Channel id dynamic content field.

After that fields like Message, Team and Channel appear. You can use the IDs in those fields like in the screenshot below.

Also make sure you use valid json code in the Adaptive Card field. Microsoft has several samples as inspiration:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/candidate-feedback-sample

And you can also design test run them in the https://adaptivecards.io/designer/

[Anonymous]

@Expiscornovus , Thanks for your suggestion. I will try it out and get back. The reason I wanted to include an id was to enable this for any chat conversation (even if 1 on 1 with one person) so that the response will be posted back to that same chat (which need not necessarily be a channel in a Teams group). I will try to see if this can be achieved with your suggestion as well.

[Expiscornovus]

Hi @Anonymous,

The action you are using is limited to only a channel. That's why the name of the action is "Reply with adaptive card in a channel".

If you also want to support group chat or one-to-one chat you would need add other actions as well in the flow setup.