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Hi all

I want a flow that sends a mail to a helpdesk when something fails.
I'm able to retrieve the flow error details (compose error details step) and also parse the JSON.

I want three things in the mail (they are in bold in the example below)

Name = flow step failed
Entityname = specific table
Message = reason flow failed

If I add these values to another step it automatically creates a for each action which I don't want. Does someone have a solution to end up with a single value for these three? I tried with first() but this did not work.

 

 
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{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"inputs": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"host": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"apiId": {
"type": "string"
},
"connectionReferenceName": {
"type": "string"
},
"operationId": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"entityName": {
"type": "string"
},
"recordId": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
},
"outputs": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"statusCode": {
"type": "integer"
},
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"Cache-Control": {
"type": "string"
},
"x-ms-service-request-id": {
"type": "string"
},
"Set-Cookie": {
"type": "string"
},
"Strict-Transport-Security": {
"type": "string"
},
"REQ_ID": {
"type": "string"
},
"CRM.ServiceId": {
"type": "string"
},
"AuthActivityId": {
"type": "string"
},
"x-ms-dop-hint": {
"type": "string"
},
"x-ms-ratelimit-time-remaining-xrm-requests": {
"type": "string"
},
"x-ms-ratelimit-burst-remaining-xrm-requests": {
"type": "string"
},
"OData-Version": {
"type": "string"
},
"X-Source": {
"type": "string"
},
"Public": {
"type": "string"
},
"Date": {
"type": "string"
},
"Allow": {
"type": "string"
},
"Content-Type": {
"type": "string"
},
"Expires": {
"type": "string"
},
"Content-Length": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"body": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"error": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"message": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"startTime": {
"type": "string"
},
"endTime": {
"type": "string"
},
"trackingId": {
"type": "string"
},
"clientTrackingId": {
"type": "string"
},
"clientKeywords": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"code": {
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"inputs",
"outputs",
"startTime",
"endTime",
"trackingId",
"clientTrackingId",
"clientKeywords",
"code",
"status"
]
}
}
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  • grantjenkins Profile Picture
    11,063 Moderator on at

    Are you able to provide a sample of the actual output? What you've provided is just the schema without any actual data so difficult to understand the right expressions, etc.

  • ChewBackah Profile Picture
    2 on at

    Yes ofcourse

     

    This is the sample.

     

    [
     {
     "name": "Een_rij_bijwerken",
     "inputs": {
     "host": {
     "apiId": "subscriptions/3a3c8f3a-b051-4389-add3-35f0cadf681c/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/westeurope/runtimes/europe-002/apis/commondataserviceforapps",
     "connectionReferenceName": "shared_commondataserviceforapps",
     "operationId": "UpdateRecord"
     },
     "parameters": {
     "entityName": "accounts",
     "recordId": "gegegee"
     }
     },
     "outputs": {
     "statusCode": 400,
     "headers": {
     "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
     "x-ms-service-request-id": "c49fb340-daae-4e81-8dc7-42e9764dd5b7,3503cb02-9a96-4893-9ec7-f2967cd674ff",
     "Set-Cookie": "ARRAffinity=42c3fe55459896d66940089b6ee2813436511067a378da57ae5b0812018c1f4215134d20c556b0b34b9b6ae43ec3f5dcdad61788de889ffc592af7aca85fc1c508DBE73AEE9BE7891195960092; path=/; secure; HttpOnly,ReqClientId=7cb3a547-3f59-49f2-9a6b-c248add17728; expires=Fri, 17-Nov-2073 06:30:50 GMT; path=/; secure; HttpOnly,ARRAffinity=42c3fe55459896d66940089b6ee2813436511067a378da57ae5b0812018c1f4215134d20c556b0b34b9b6ae43ec3f5dcdad61788de889ffc592af7aca85fc1c508DBE73AEE9BE7891195960092; path=/; secure; HttpOnly",
     "Strict-Transport-Security": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
     "REQ_ID": "3503cb02-9a96-4893-9ec7-f2967cd674ff",
     "CRM.ServiceId": "framework",
     "AuthActivityId": "1019898e-830a-435c-9574-133d4559525f",
     "x-ms-dop-hint": "4",
     "x-ms-ratelimit-time-remaining-xrm-requests": "1,199.30",
     "x-ms-ratelimit-burst-remaining-xrm-requests": "7998",
     "OData-Version": "4.0",
     "X-Source": "221173246158230105901131912168154115120421812441386213712935159134818524773123735229,9176161242139420420213993493223518013014249371431123255838118226151239243105124",
     "Public": "OPTIONS,GET,HEAD,POST",
     "Date": "Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:30:49 GMT",
     "Allow": "OPTIONS,GET,HEAD,POST",
     "Content-Type": "application/json; odata.metadata=full",
     "Expires": "-1",
     "Content-Length": "80"
     },
     "body": {
     "error": {
     "code": "0x80060888",
     "message": "Bad Request - Error in query syntax."
     }
     }
     },
     "startTime": "2023-11-17T06:30:49.9571792Z",
     "endTime": "2023-11-17T06:30:50.0792799Z",
     "trackingId": "6c34f2ce-1df4-4377-b1a9-cfc414d75705",
     "clientTrackingId": "08585014426967068126178557053CU146",
     "clientKeywords": [
     "testFlow"
     ],
     "code": "BadRequest",
     "status": "Failed"
     },
     {
     "name": "Een_gebonden_actie_uitvoeren",
     "startTime": "2023-11-17T06:30:50.0913838Z",
     "endTime": "2023-11-17T06:30:50.0922117Z",
     "trackingId": "abc29fa3-1d2b-4acb-8bc3-b08998167ef2",
     "clientTrackingId": "08585014426967068126178557053CU146",
     "clientKeywords": [
     "testFlow"
     ],
     "code": "ActionSkipped",
     "status": "Skipped",
     "error": {
     "code": "ActionConditionFailed",
     "message": "The execution of template action 'Een_gebonden_actie_uitvoeren' is skipped: the 'runAfter' condition for action 'Een_rij_bijwerken' is not satisfied. Expected status values 'Succeeded' and actual value 'Failed'."
     }
     }
    ]

     

  • grantjenkins Profile Picture
    11,063 Moderator on at

    If you're trying to get details from the first item then you should be able to use the following. Note that you'd need to change outputs('Compose') to the appropriate action your data resides in.

     

    //Name
    first(outputs('Compose'))?['name']
    
    //Entity Name
    first(outputs('Compose'))?['inputs/parameters/entityname']
    
    //Message
    first(outputs('Compose'))?['outputs/body/error/message']

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