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Item Link in approval email includes HTML/CSS in the URL

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Hello,

 

I have an approval workflow configured that includes dynamic content pulled from a SharePoint List in the Item Link field.:

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The field that is being dynamically pulled from SharePoint contains a hyperlink (just used an example link to Power Automate site):

 

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When the approval email is sent, the URL for the Link includes the HTML/CSS formatting and therefore the link does not work:

 

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How do I solve for this while still keeping the hyperlink in the SharePoint List?

 

Thanks!

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  • v-xiaochen-msft Profile Picture
    v-xiaochen-msft on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    You could use 'html to Text' action.

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    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

     

     

     

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Community Power Pla... on at

    Hi @v-xiaochen-msft,

     

    Thanks for the suggestion. How would I use that as an input to the Item Link field? I tried setting a variable to be an output of the conversion, but the link didn't work correctly:

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    GMackay_1-1630072526551.jpeg

     

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    Thanks.

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    v-xiaochen-msft Profile Picture
    v-xiaochen-msft on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    You need to use some formulas to extract the link from the string.

    For example:

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    Compose1:

    indexOf(outputs('Html_to_text')?['body'],'[https')
     
    Compose2:
    substring(outputs('Html_to_text')?['body'],add(outputs('Compose'),1))
     
    Compose3:
    substring(outputs('Compose_2'),0,indexOf(outputs('Compose_2'),']'))
     
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    vxiaochenmsft_3-1630287982285.png

     

    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

     

     

     

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