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Hi - I apologise in advance if this has already been resolved (I'm new to PowerApps & was unable to find a similar thread).

I have built an approval Flow based on a PowerApp that functions as an online form. OnSelect of the 'Submit' button, data from the 'app form' populates the body of the email generated in the Flow via the Ask in PowerApps function. This works for all text fields (single/multiline) of the form i.e. SharePointForm1.LastSubmit.Title, but provides the error "Invalid Argument Type (Record). Expecting a Text Value instead" for dropdown/Choice fields i.e. SharePointForm1.LastSubmit.'<dropdownFieldHeader>'. I understand the nature of the issue, but I do not know the code required to fix it and have only found solutions regarding "Invalid Argument Type (Text). Expecting a Record Value instead."

Thanks for your help.

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v-xida-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Monet ,

Do you want to pass the values from your app to your flow to send an email?

Could you please share a bit more about the Flow connection formula ('FlowName'.Run(...)) within your app?

Based on the issue that you mentioned, I think there is something wrong with your Flow connection formula. Currently, the MS Flow could only accept Text string parameter passed from PowerApps app, it could not pass an record value from an app to a flow.

Within your Flow connection formula, you should modify the dropdown/Choice field value reference as below:

SharePointForm1.LastSubmit.'<dropdownFieldHeader>'.Value /* <-- append .Value formula here */

or

SharePointForm1.LastSubmit.'Choice Field'.Value

Please take a try with above solution, then check if the issue is solved.

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Monet 10 on at

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Thanks @v-xida-msft ! That worked perfectly.