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Value out of an item/column

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I have a simple flow that gets items from a SPO list, once of the fields in a choice field.  Normally for these columns in power automate you would select the entry with "ColumnName\value", I don't see this option for one particular column.

This is what a Select action shows:

 "Deferre Y/N": [
 {
 "@odata.type": "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedReference",
 "Id": 0,
 "Value": "Yes"
 }
 ],

 

I tried to use an expression

item()?['C3_DeferreYN_1/Value']

 

but this is returning Null

 

Is there a way around this?

 

 

  • kilaj1 Profile Picture
    257 on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    This one worked thanks!

     

    This was a get items from SPO list and then a Select action it was not wrapped in a apply for all.

     

    Thanks for all the responses!

  • grantjenkins Profile Picture
    11,059 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    I might as well jump in too 🙂

     

    If you're access your items within an Apply to each, then you would access the item using the following expression:

     

    //Assuming your Apply to each was named: Apply to each
    
    items('Apply_to_each')['Deferre Y/N']?['Value']

     

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    Ajinder31 Profile Picture
    530 on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    Hi @kilaj1, I think below expressions should work. I assumed we're trying to get the first value in array.
    I haven't tried it but let us know if it doesn't work.

    first(item()['Deferre Y/N'])?['Value']

     

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  • v-liwei-msft Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    Hi @kilaj1 

     

    Please modify formula to this:

    item()?['DeferreY_x002f_N/Value']

     

    Best Regards,

    Levi 

  • kilaj1 Profile Picture
    257 on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    Thanks for the reply, I was hoping for an expression solution so i did try the two you suggested and unfortunately, they don't work.

     

     I thought I read somewhere that the Item() expression has to be used with an array?

     

    I've made some progress with the json method, but it seems fairly complexed just to pull one value.

  • Sundeep_Malik Profile Picture
    6,480 on at
    Re: Value out of an item/column

    Hey @kilaj1 

     

    Pass the above data in Parse JSON, the. Just select the dynamic field of value.

     

    Follow the steps in the video:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=parse+json+power+automate&oq=parse+json+power+automate&aqs=chrome..69i57.9243j0j7&client=ms-android-oneplus-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:160f2bf6,vid:e0dzMqoJGtY

     

    Or also try one of the following expressions. Currently travelling so can't test.

    item()['Deferre Y/N']?['Value']

    or

    item()['Deferre Y/N'].Value

     

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