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Apply to each error when connecting to excel online table

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I am trying to get Power Automate to run a Power Bi report for each of the users I have listed on an excel online table. Their email address is listed in the table and I wanted the flow to go to each of the email addresses to run the report based on their log in. I keep receiving and error that the Apply to each expression failed because the value from the excel table is type string and not array. I need help to find a work around or a way to make the information on that table "array" format instead of string. 

 

Any suggestions? Screenshots below

 

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  • eric-cheng Profile Picture
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    Re: Apply to each error when connecting to excel online table

    Hi @erodriguez6393 ,

     

    From the screenshot, 'Apply to each 2' is iterating through each row of the table but I am not sure what 'Apply to each' is used for.  

     

    If you need to reference a particular field, you can do so within your first loop i.e. for each 2

     

    See below of an example of what I am saying

     

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  • tom_riha Profile Picture
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    Re: Apply to each error when connecting to excel online table

    Hello @erodriguez6393 ,

    it's hard to suggest if we don't know what data it contains. But I'd check the split(...) expression that'll allow you to convert a string into an array based on some separator.

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