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Is it possible to have a different action depending on a drop down menu's text?

For example If I have a sharepoint list which contains a drop down list containing email, to-do, tweet. is is possible to create a flow for 3 different actions depending on the option selected?

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Re: different action depending on dropdown text

I figured out I needed a switch.

Also in case anyone else has this problem. I was getting the following error:
ExpressionEvaluationFailed. The execution of template action ‘Switch’ failed: The result of the evaluation of ‘scope’ action expression ‘@triggerBody()?[‘Status’]’ is not valid. It is of type ‘Object’ but is expected to be a value of type ‘String, Integer’.
This webpage describes the problem and solution:

https://sharepointsd.wordpress.com/2018/09/14/expressionevaluationfailed-the-execution-of-template-action-switch-failed-the-result-of-the-evaluation-of-scope-action-expression-triggerbodystatus-is-not-valid-it-is-of-type/

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RezaDorrani 12,141 on at

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Re: different action depending on dropdown text

Hi @UCdr ,

In flow add a switch action based on your dropdown value and create cases for your dropdown values. In each case you can execute your actions.

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