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What is the best way so that in a PowerAutomate - both links to documents in MS Teams and Outlook work and are a clickable a href:

In my case I have a Start and Wait for an Approver step using MS Teams for approvals.

The Append to String when I do it this way works in MS Teams but not Outlook:

The Append to String when I do it this way works in Outlook but not MS Teams:

Therefore I'm not sure how to get this to work so that both MS Teams and Outlook both work with a link to a document.

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SudeepGhatakNZ 14,394 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@koneill2020 , are you able to post a screenshot of the message in teams? From what I know you should be using markdown syntax.

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Sure it is attached:

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Why don't you use the Item link property?

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Can I place into the Item Link property then my Links variable where I'm creating the link to the documents.
I had a requirement to not have the link to the actual list item and that's the only way I've ever used the Link property.

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The Item link property is just a placeholder for a link.
You can specify any link (not necessarily the link to item)

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Looks like using the markdown works well.
The only item is that I'm getting an extra ] in the URL when I have multiple attachments which are displayed in both the MS Teams approval and Outlook approval as such:
https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/SystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/329/silhouette.jpg]

Here is how I forming that URL:

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Can you post the markdown code that it generates based on your expression?

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Here is an example of the markdown with one attachment:
(100complaint.png) [https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/SystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/331/100complaint.png]
However when I click the link it has an extra ] at the end:
It looks like the webpage at https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/SystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/331/100complaint.png]
Here is an example of the markdown output with multiple attachments:
(silhouette.jpg) [https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/SystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/332/silhouette.jpg]
(small_email.gif) [https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/StandardsSystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/332/small_email.gif]
(video.gif) [https://mysite.sharepoint.com/sites/StandardsSystemsandTools/Lists/Dashboard/Attachments/332/video.gif]
and clicking any of the three links it's the same as above it has an extra ] at the end:

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So I got this to work turns out I had a space in the markdown between the [] and () so per this spec Use Markdown formatting in Teams - Microsoft Support it can't have any spaces: [Title](URL)
I also utilized this excellent video by Daniel Christian
Working With Links In Power Automate Approvals

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