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The property 'columns' must be specified unless the 'from' property value is an array of objects.

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Posted on by ashraf999 21

Hello,

 

I am having a problem with my flow. I am trying to convert an appended array in the inner "apply to each" loop into a "Create HTML Table" to be sent later by email.

 

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After I run the flow, I receive the following error:

 

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I am not sure how I can fix this error. I appreciate your assisstance

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    cchannon 4,702 Moderator on at

    As a debugging step, I often find it useful to include Compose steps because they make it easy to inspect the value of your variables at any given point. Try adding a Compose step right before your Create HTML Table and give it the value varContent. Then test run your flow again and look at the failed run. The Compose step should make it easy to read varContent and make sure it is a valid array.

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    ashraf999 21 on at

    I managed to solve my problem without even apply to each. All I had to do is using Filter Array after Get Items function then using the output as the source for the HTML Table

     

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