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Hello,

I'm trying to implement a Delay as a // branch. My issue, which I see a lot of people having, is that i get an error message stating ''

The operation 'terminate' cannot be used inside a for each.''

I need the ''Responses comments'' to send to the initiator, and as soon as I add this variable content, it switches it to an ''Apply to each'' window.

I put a screenshot of my flow below to illustrate.

If somebody has any idea how I could overcome this issue, it would be wonderful !

Thanks in advance.

KR,
Laszlo

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You get the Apply to Each loop because responses is always a collection. Even if its only one approver responses would be a collection or one. If you only have one approver then you can use the First() function to get the comments of that first approver without an Apply to Each.

I assume you are trying to use the terminate to exit the loop. But as you have seen terminate can't be used inside a loop, because terminate stops the entire flow, not just the loop. If you want to be able to exit a loop before it completes you'll need to use a Do Until loop instead of an Apply to Each loop. Then you can exit the loop by setting the value the loop is checking inside the loop.

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Hello,

Thanks for jumping that fast at my rescue, much appreciated.

I got what you mean, but I'm afraid I dont know how to put that in place.

Let me share you my sharepoint list, hoping you see it clearer

My understanding is that I need to add this first() loop where I highlighted below right ?

And you are right, I'm trying to terminate to exit the loop if the first user completed the task before the delay is being triggered.

Thanks for your help again

KR,
Laszlo

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I think I found out how to do it using your answer here ; Solved: Approval workflow - apply to each - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

Thanks again for your help and I accept it as a solution

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