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Posted on by francorg

Hi,

is it possible to have Flow send a direct message on slack?

I tried setting @username in the Slack action channel field but it doesn't work.

Thank you,

Roberto

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francorg 15 on at

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sorry... it works!
just use @username
I was using the wrong username... ooooops.

Thank you,
Roberto

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Interesting you were able to get this to work...no matter what I try...I can't get Flow to send a direct message (only to channels).

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I'm having the same thing. I cannot send a message to a specific person and there are no posts explaining how people have accomplished it.

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brentlightsey 20 on at

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Hey, @Anonymous. Two options to make this work (I think 2nd is better).
Option 1: Put "@" + username in the channel name field
However, this is not the display name and
This is not the email address the user uses to log in
The best way I found to locate this value is to go to [yourworkspacename].slack.com/account/settings#username then expand out this area to show username
Image: Find Slack Username

Option 2 (Better): Use Member ID
Part 1- Find Member ID
In your Slack Workspace Directory, find the person to whom you want to post the direct message.
Then click the "..."
Then click to copy their Member ID
Image: Find Member ID
Part 2 - Use Member ID
In your Flow, just put the Member ID as the channel name (no need for an "@" symbol here)
Image: Use Member ID In Flow

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Ari1 2 on at

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Hi @brentlightsey ,

These solutions are more like workarounds. It may work for some but as for me, I'm stuck. The purpose of mentioning someone in a channel is because we have a bot that listens for messages mentioning him in this particular channel only. Therefore I need a way to post from a Flow into this channel and using @slackbot or we need to make changes to this bot.

@brentlightsey wrote:
Hey, @Anonymous. Two options to make this work (I think 2nd is better).
Option 1: Put "@" + username in the channel name field
However, this is not the display name and
This is not the email address the user uses to log in
The best way I found to locate this value is to go to [yourworkspacename].slack.com/account/settings#username then expand out this area to show username
Image: Find Slack Username

Option 2 (Better): Use Member ID
Part 1- Find Member ID
In your Slack Workspace Directory, find the person to whom you want to post the direct message.
Then click the "..."
Then click to copy their Member ID
Image: Find Member ID
Part 2 - Use Member ID
In your Flow, just put the Member ID as the channel name (no need for an "@" symbol here)
Image: Use Member ID In Flow

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jcarbest 2 on at

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There is a way you can send a direct message to someone's Slackbot using Power Automate. Not sure if that would work for you.

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