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Flow fails when messages sent to “Get message details” are not in correct group

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I built a virtual board that monitors a group chat for a list of phrases and then updates an excel sheet to mark them as in or out of the office. Overall it works, except any message that is not in the specified group causes the flow to fail.

Is there a way I could add another condition or filter so only the messages from the correct group make it to the Get message details action?

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ManishSolanki 15,091 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @YourPalMichael

Could you pls give some examples for the phrases you want to filter out?

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YourPalMichael 8 on at

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Hi @ManishSolanki! Thanks for your reply!

I have the lists of phrases built out and working. My problem is that when I send/receive a message NOT in the assigned group chat, it causes the flow to fail at the “Get message details” step. But any message in the “CVN” group makes its way through the flow correctly and updates my excel sheet.

It almost feels like a “task failed successfully!” situation, but I’d still like to filter out the non-CVN messages if possible.

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ManishSolanki 15,091 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @YourPalMichael

One possible solution is you could add trigger condition to allow execution of flow when message is posted in a particular group and would restrict the execution for different group.

Here is the example:

Firstly, get the conversation Id of the CVN group from the previous successful flow run instance. You need to copy it for use in next step:

Next, edit the flow. Click ellipses menu (...) & select "Settings" from sub menu. Scroll down to 'Trigger condition' and add the below condition. Press Done to save the changes:

@equals(first(triggerOutputs()?['body/value'])?['conversationId'], '19:55b25f53c48444e29ba1e122235c96b9@thread.v2')

Pls replace the actual conversation Id in the above expression.

Save changes & retest the flow. Now, flow will execute only when messages are posted in "CVN" group but not for messages posted in other groups.

If this helps & solves your problem, please remember to give a 👍 and accept my solution as it will help others in the future.

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YourPalMichael 8 on at

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This absolutely solves the problem, thank you so much for your help!

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