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Hey guys.

So I'm trying to build a flow that creates another task after the previous one is completed. Something that's recurring alot. In my instance the tasks labeled with red, should always re-create themselves with the same title.

My issue is that whenever I try to base it off a color instead of a title my flow pukes.

I've tried a few different triggers like Red = TRUE, or appliedCategory = RED but with no luck unfortunately.

Will post these examples below just to clarify. And also "er lig med" means "Equals" in English, and "Betingelse" translates to "Condition"

Red = TRUE example

appliedCategory = RED example:

The error returned looks like this:

The execution of template action 'Anvend_på_hver' failed: the result of the evaluation of 'foreach' expression '@triggerOutputs()?['body/appliedCategories/category2']' is of type 'Boolean'. The result must be a valid array.

"Anvend_på_hver" translates to Apply to each.

EDIT: I realized that the condition I was using was not the correct one, and everything is working as intended now.

Now I'm just wondering if there's a way to copy all the existing data from a task. Like description, checklist, comments etc.

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Hi @Anonymous ,

I'm afraid that you can not get all the existing data from a task.

We could get description and checklist of a task but not comments.

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Planner-Comment-Flow/td-p/774434

1. Here is my task.

Here is my flow.

Result Screenshot:

We could select Dynamic content or use expressions to get the value from the outputs of a Trigger or Action.

Best Regards,
Charlie Choi

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Hey,
Appreciate the reply, this looks interresting.
Will test out your solution and play around with it a bit to see what I can come up with.
Will return later and mark as solution, if this solves the problem.

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Hi,
I tried creating a flow from scratch following your flow. However, the "outputs" tab you have in your "When a task is created" is missing for me.
How do you get this option?

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Hi @Anonymous ,

The OUTPUTS of a trigger or Action needs to be viewed from Flow's run history.

Best Regards,
Charlie Choi

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Thanks.
Right now it does not create another task after the previous one is done. It does get all the outputs right though with the title, description etc.

Seems like the Compose is failing

EDIT: Was a typo from my side. It still doesnt create the task in planner though

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Sorry, the Flow and screenshots are provided to illustrate that we can't get all the existing data from the task, so I didn't add the Create a task Action.

I have created a more complete flow for your reference:
{ "id": @{items('Apply_to_each_2')?['id']}, "title": @{items('Apply_to_each_2')?['value/title']}, "isChecked": false }
if(triggerOutputs()?['body/appliedCategories/category2'],true,false)
Result Screenshots:

Best Regards,
Charlie Choi

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Hey Charlie,

First of all, I just want to emphasize that I really appreicate the time and work you've put into this. Especially considering I'm pretty much useless here.

The flow looks amazing, and I wouldnt even have gotten close to this by trying myself.

However, to the not so great part. For the last bit of time I have tried to build a flow identical to yours. 4 times now to be exact, just to make sure there were no typos.
I seem to get an error on the flow as shown below:

Sorry for all the gibberish, let me know if you need some translation.

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Pictures of the rest of the flow if there's anything missing:

Changed the categories to 1 - 2 - 3 in case youre wondering.

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Morning Charlie.

The flow is working great now thank you!! I really appreciate the time you've taken to help me through this, and I'm sure the company will appreciate it too.
Best of luck, and good day. 🙂

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