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My application displays my email name instead of the user who is submitting the request. I've added people to the sharepoint group but it seems as though my flow isnt grabbing their user names.

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v-micsh-msft on at

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Hi @Anonymous,

Are you using PowerApps to build the Vocation request, or using Microsoft Flow?

Could you please share more details about the App (and the flow ) you mentioned here?

If you would like to grab the user name, we could take use of the user() function to get the user name of the current user, then use this as the value input under the flow (under Flow corresponding box choose Ask in PowerApps) you configured.

Then under PowerApps, specify the corresponding value as:
User().FullName&"Would apply Vocation"

For example:

Then within PowerApps, the onselect property of the button used to submit the request should be:

Sendapprovalemailwhenanewitemisadded.Run( Office365Users.Manager(User().Email).Mail, User().FullName&" Would Apply "&TextInput1.Text&"Days for "&TextInput2.Text)

This would have the user send the Email with the Details specified within PowerApps, then pass it into Microsoft Flow.

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Michael

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Community Power Pla... on at

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response.

I am currently using Sharepoint and Microsoft Flow. I followed this guide: https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/modern-approvals/

When I create a new 'Time Off Request', it comes out perfect, the email displays "Time-off Request for Shane Hartigan".

However, when another user going in and submits another request, the email still displays "Time-off Request for Shane Hartigan" instead of "Time-off Request for John Smith".

I followed that guide step by step, I was wondering if this may be an issue that needs to be fixed in the Sharepoint instead of the flow.

Thanks again!

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NoelYEG 2 on at

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Hi Shane,

I know this is an old thread, but thought i'd chime in since I am building this exact thing as well. I believe the reason the email is stating it is coming from "Shane Hartigan" is because the flow is linked to your Office 365 account in the connections. The solution I have come up with is to create a Human Resources email address and connect this email as the Office 365 connection. This way the email subject will be "Vacation Request - Requestor Name", and the email address sendor will be the HR address.

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