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Newbie here,

 

I have a flow that creates an item when a form is submitted. It then sends an email informing an admin a new staff has been added to the onboarding list. In the body of the email I want to capture information from my form such as who the lead coordinator is and the name of staff. It used to be able to do it but when I select dynamic content it only lists "current item" as an option.

 

 

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  • wskinnermctc Profile Picture
    6,519 Moderator on at

    Can you check out my post here that I replied to just this morning. They were just trying to fill a specific field, but the concept still applies.

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Add-Row-Step-in-Excel-Business-Online-Missing-Dynamic-Content/m-p/2338197#M259970 

     

    The dynamic content is there, you just have to manually address it.

     

    Sometimes Power Automate is trying to be helpful by limiting options based on field type. For example if you want to insert data into a datetime field, PA won't show dynamic content that are string/text type.

     

    This isn't always helpful, and PA isn't always accurate.

     

    You can manually put the 'dynamic content' into an expression and it should work.

     

    The easiest way to manually put in dynamic content is to add a Compose step. The dynamic content should be available to put into that Compose. (If it is not available for the Compose then you have a different problem.)

     

    Highlight and copy the dynamic content and past it into like a text/notebook.

    Copy Dynamic ContentCopy Dynamic ContentPaste Dynamic Content into ExpressionPaste Dynamic Content into Expression

    Make sure you remove the '@{}' from the copy and pasted dynamic content.

     

    This may seem like a hassle, but I have to do this all of the time when using expressions.

  • trice602 Profile Picture
    16,679 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @Joannao ,

     

    Guessing here because I can't see your flow but you refer to dynamic content from Get Responses action, which typically follows your trigger When a new response is submitted...

     

    Based on what you described, there is no need for "Current Item" or an apply to each loop.

     

    trice602_0-1694112902709.png

     

     

     

  • Joannao Profile Picture
    12 on at

    The dynamic content shows up in the "get item" above but not below. What would I type in as my expression to get a form field (i.e. Lead Supervisor and First Name)?

    No Dynamic Content.jpg

  • wskinnermctc Profile Picture
    6,519 Moderator on at

    The previous post photos show how to copy and paste the text you need into the expression field.

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