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Output List Variable from PAD to Power Automate

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I am building a PAD flow that is called from a Power Automate scheduled flow. The PAD flow checks various applications in use in our environment to check their status and attempt a sign in. The results are stored in a "child" list and that list is stored in a "master" list. 

 

An example of how this data looks:

[

    [App Name, Status Code, Status Message],

    [App Name, Status Code, Status Message],

    [App Name, Status Code, Status Message]

]

 

In trying to pass this data back to Power Automate, I found that it does not support passing array's to or from PAD; only strings. Trying to work with the string that's passed through is a nightmare. Ideally, the Power Automate flow after running PAD would iterate through the "master" list to append each "child" list to an Excel Spreadsheet. 

 

Is there a known workaround to get this type of data from PAD to Power Automate? Or is there a better/easier way this data can be stored for passing back to Power Automate? 

  • mgrachii Profile Picture
    206 on at

    hello there,

    try using the "Join text" action to convert the list to text.

     

    hope this helps

     

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/actions-reference/text#jointext

     

    mgrachii_0-1641934240065.png

     

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