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Passing a proper array back to Cloud Flow

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Posted on by Laser_Tim_88 48

I am extracting info from an XML file in PAD as seen in Image 1.

For each item in the 'STAMPINFO Node' I am wanting to make each item a custom object also seen in Image 1.

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In each loop I store that Object into a list of objects to pass back to PA.

Though trying to loop through the List in Power Automate I get this Error.

 

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So I am asking, how do I go about making all of my info a proper Array so I may loop through it in PA?

 

Thanks in advance for any guidance !

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    VJR 7,635 on at

    @Laser_Tim_88 

    Since 'Stamp' is a Custom Object have you tried what happens when you use "Convert Custom Object to JSON" action of PAD.

    This link is for passing data from Desktop to Cloud but may give you some hints to do something.

     

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    Laser_Tim_88 48 on at

    Thanks for the Suggestion @VJR 

    I ended up making the Custom Object into JSON like you suggested,

    though to make it an array I start by making the list before hand and add a '['

    Then in each loop I add the Custom object as JSON, next add a ','.

    After the loop is done I remove the last ',' and add the closing ']'.

    Then once the list is in PA I am able to Parse the JSON and loop through it!

     

    Thanks again!

     

    And if anyone has a simplified way of making the array in PAD then I am all ears. I`m always trying to cut down on steps!

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