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Power Automate - Building Flows
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Send Email to users in a SharePoint Person or Group column with Multi-Select

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Posted on 22 Jun 2022 16:23:52 by 193

I have searched for previous solutions, but have not been able to understand the explanations provided. I'm hoping to get this question is answered in a straight-forward thinking, novice-level explanation that can help myself and others.

 

If we have a SharePoint Person or Group column that allows the user to select multiple persons, how can we create a flow that allows an email to be sent to these multiple emails? Assuming we've followed the other tutorials that assist with the other parts of the flow, how do we convert multiple emails into a string?

 

Assuming the column name is "Managers", selecting the dynamic content for Managers Email returns an error:

 

 

Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Send_an_email_(V2)' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'The template language expression 'triggerBody()?['Managers']?['Email']' cannot be evaluated because property 'Email' cannot be selected. Array elements can only be selected using an integer index. Please see https://aka.ms/logicexpressions for usage details.'. 

 

 

I've attempted to follow other solutions and initialize a variable, but many solutions omit several steps.

  • youknowmetoo Profile Picture
    2 on 08 Jul 2022 at 15:42:28
    Re: Send Email to users in a SharePoint Person or Group column with Multi-Select

    Hi Hardesh15:

     

    I have a very similar scenario.  I'm not sure where to place the "Variable" or what to do afterward to send the email to multiple users with selected dynamic content.  This is my scenario thus far.  

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    Hardesh15 Profile Picture
    7,087 Super User 2024 Season 1 on 22 Jun 2022 at 18:56:21
    Re: Send Email to users in a SharePoint Person or Group column with Multi-Select

    @RodM  Please follow these steps -

    I am appending semicolon in append to string action so that each email will be separated by ;. 

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    Please 'Thumbs Up' the posts that helped you and 'Accept as Solution' if my post answered your question.

    @Hardesh /Gopenly.in

  • RodM Profile Picture
    193 on 22 Jun 2022 at 18:32:10
    Re: Send Email to users in a SharePoint Person or Group column with Multi-Select

    Thank you for attempting to help. But in this case, I am not trying to get the whole SharePoint group members. I simply have a SharePoint list. 

    I have a SharePoint list and one of the columns is a Person or Group column. When anyone adds an item to this list, they will be required to select one or more users to apply to that column. I'd like to then trigger an automated flow that will send an email to all persons selected.

  • David- Profile Picture
    1,254 on 22 Jun 2022 at 18:16:15
    Re: Send Email to users in a SharePoint Person or Group column with Multi-Select

    This video will show you how to achieve what you want if I understand your question: (1) Power Automate get SharePoint Group Members & flow... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com). It works great. One would think this process should be as easy as it is in SharePoint Designer workflows though.

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