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How to tell if a dynamic value is an array or not, before you add it?

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I'm at a point where I'm paying more attention to what types of dynamic values I need when inserting them into any given fields within my Power Automate projects. But is there a technique, a trick, a hack, to know beforehand, if what we add is actually an array or not, before we add it in?

I want to be pro-active in knowing that I'm gonna need to iterate through an array or not before I add dynamic values.

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Hello @kensley

Where is the data coming from?

When selecting dynamic content Power automate will always put arrays inside a apply to each loop for you.

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Ok, I'll use that as an answer for today. I pretty much need to study where my data is coming from beforehand to know if what I'm about to use has array data implemented in it or not.

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This response appears to sound like PowerAutomate only offers "array" content when opening/selecting dynamic content options in the "apply to each" loop... which isn't exactly true. I have "strings" or "null" content being offered when I open or select dynamic content variables. How do we identify an actual "array" variable/content when using dynamic content in the "apply to each" loop?

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I also have this question- I'm in Power BI and I know I have some dynamic content that's a string, and some that's an array, but I can't tell which is which. I only find out when it's wrapped in an Apply to Each. At which point I have to undo or delete the Apply to Each and restart, trying to remember which one I added so I don't add it again a second time.

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