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Hi- I'm a beginner with Power Automate and I've searched extensively for a solution to this. I am pulling json objects from a connector that is a REST API. If there are two names listed in the body named "soft credit" I want to return them with a comma in between. Currently they appear as Donald DuckMickey Mouse if there is more than one. I would like it to be Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse. I'm tried many things including Parse Json then split, join, concatenate but I don't think I'm doing it correctly.

Condition 2: length(outputs('Get_a_gift')?['body/soft_credits'])

Apply to each: {outputs('Get_a_gift')?['body/soft_credits']}

Here's what the soft credit body looks like. I am returning the constituent_id and then getting

the Name from get a constituent which is a string even though the soft credit is an array.

"soft_credits": [
{
"id": "300",
"amount": {
"value": 10
},
"constituent_id": "123456",
"gift_id": "00013"
},
{
"id": "301",
"amount": {
"value": 10
},
"constituent_id": "123457",
"gift_id": "00013"
}
]

Lastly, at the end of the flow I do append the value to an array with other fields.

Thank you for any help!

Carol

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

Hi @cgrant88,

You could append the name property value to a array variable instead of a string variable. Outside of the apply to each loop you could use an expression to join the values together with a comma character.

Below is an example of that approach.

join(variables('Soft Credit String'), ', ')

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

Thanks @Expiscornovus -
I did try it (I think).
The "Name" field is a string so I did a compose then did Append to an Array.
What I'm getting now as a result is ["Donald Duck","Mickey Mouse","Goofy Dog"] but it's looping through all of them so at the end I've got 15 names.
In the Compose I have join(variables('SC Array Name'),', ')

Thank you for any more help!
Carol

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

Hi @cgrant88,

How many soft credits items do you have in your apply to each loop? If you have 15 items that could be expected behaviour of the approach I suggested. It is appending the name per Soft credits item.

If that is not what you want I might need to adjust the earlier example 😁

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

Hi @Expiscornovus -
I would not have 15 names in my soft credits. At the most it would be 4.
This is how the data is:
Gift 1- Mickey MouseMinney Mouse
Gift 2- blank (no soft credit)
Gift 3- Donald DuckDaisy Duck
Gift 4- Goofy Dog
right now it is looping through all the gifts and returning Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy Dog.

Thank you.
-Carol

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

Hi @cgrant88,

I am not familiar with the Blackbaud Raisers Edge NXT connectors (that is what you are using in this setup, correct?). But I will try and see if I can help you out 😁

Can you share a screenshot of the whole flow? This way I can see which other actions you are using in the rest of your flow setup. I assume you are not only using a Get a gift action?

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Re: Json Array- Output as String Comma Between

@Expiscornovus
Thank you, but at some point I'm hoping other users that use the Raiser's Edge connector will come up with a solution for this. I thought it might be an easy solution so I posted it here.

Thanks for taking a look though.

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