Can you @ Mention anyone in Teams from a flow?

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Posted on by mattthew

Seems to just come across as a text value. Thanks!

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v-xida-msft on at

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Hi @mattthew,

Could you please show a bit more about your scenario?

Do you want to mention anyone in your Teams using @ symbol within your flow?

If you want to mention anyone in your Teams using @ symbol within your flow, I afraid that there is no way to achieve your needs in Microsoft Flow.

If you would like this feature to be added in Microsoft Flow, please submit an idea to Flow Ideas Forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

Best regards,

Kris

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mattthew 65 on at

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Scenario:

Have a powerapp in teams, would like to configure when a new item is created (sharepoint list connected to powerapp) to notify in a channel that a new item has been created. Specificaly @ mentioning a user.

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Community Power Pla... on at

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Today's email from Microsoft about Feb Flow features states:

Post richer messages in Microsoft Teams
Messages posted to Teams from Flow can now contain @mentions of other users, so they will be notified when you post. There is also a new action for Microsoft Teams that posts an adaptive card to a channel. Use the Teams connector

But I can't seem to make it work. I've tried messages:
- @reilly, tim and end up with that literal text, but no mention
- @[ID] where the ID comes from Office 365 user lookup, but I end up with @@{body('Get_user_profile_(V2)')?['id']}
- @[User Principal Name] again from Office 365 user, but I end up with @@{body('Get_user_profile_(V2)')?['userPrincipalName']}
- versions above the above without the @ which also don't work, although I then get the ID or principal name correctly.

Any ideas?

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RamonMA 20 on at

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Received the same, trying to figure out how Flow accepts/recognizes the text is actually an @ mention.
The flow connector documentation for teams is not updated regarding the new features.
Would be nice if microsoft would release documentation on new features we've been waiting for.

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mmeluso 10 on at

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It is documented: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/business-applications-release-notes/october18/microsoft-flow/post-richer-messages-in-microsoft-teams. Use the syntax <at>name@example.com</at>.

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Community Power Pla... on at

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I tried this in a Teams Post a message

<at>user@ser.com</at>

Teams just shows user@ser.com

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RamonMA 20 on at

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Same for me, it just shows the email address of the user and changes the color to purple, but doesn't actually send them a notification or say they are mentioned.

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Community Power Pla... on at

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Looks like this feature is rolling out this month.

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For the @mention tags, does this also work for mentioning the team, so that members get notified, and it shows up in their activity? The example given is only for an email address. I have a scenario where I want all members of team to get notified via Teams.

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zachjbennett 75 on at

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@mattthew, @RamonMA, @Anonymous
This can now be done using the "Post a message as the Flow Bot to a channel" action.
They will also recieve a toast of this notification!

See the images below:

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