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Type is Required ERROR - Post a message to Teams for a selected row

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I have completed a Flow for using the "Post a message to Teams for a selected row" template. Unfortunately after completing all fields, I get an error for the Teams Post Message section that "Type is required".  There is no field for type. Any recommendations?
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    Re: Type is Required ERROR - Post a message to Teams for a selected row

    Can you please peek the code and see if there's anything related to Type? Sometime it happens if you have added a filed Type which is a required and deleted the field because it's not needed. If you see Type in the code, you can try creating a new flow and execute it. If it doesn't work, providing the execution output from previous runs helps to figure out the problem.

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    Thank you @Anonymous for your response. I peeked the code and listed it below. There is only one "type" reference and I highlighted in red. 

     

    {
     "inputs": {
     "host": {
     "connection": {
     "name": "@json(decodeBase64(triggerOutputs().headers['X-MS-APIM-Tokens']))['$connections']['shared_teams']['connectionId']"
     },
     "api": {
     "runtimeUrl": "https://msmanaged-na.azure-apim.net/apim/teams"
     }
     },
     "method": "post",
     "body": {
     "rootMessage": {
     "body": {}
     }
     },
     "path": "/beta/groups/@{encodeURIComponent('0380892c-a707-4c31-a35f-b77261156c77')}/channels/@{encodeURIComponent('19:71ce6d0ca6974af1bd99dcd62c357b85@thread.skype')}/chatThreads",
     "authentication": {
     "type": "Raw",
     "value": "@json(decodeBase64(triggerOutputs().headers['X-MS-APIM-Tokens']))['$ConnectionKey']"
     }
     },
     "metadata": {
     "flowSystemMetadata": {
     "swaggerOperationId": "PostMessageToChannel"
     }
     }
    }

    When I created the Flow, I opened the user input option, cancelled it, etc just to explore all the functionality. Perhaps this caused the error?  i have never run the Flow because of the error.
    flow choose type of user input.PNG

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    @Anonymous  I tried creating another Flow using the same template but not clicking the User input options. Flow checker showed no errors until I clicked Save, then I got the same 'Type is required' error.
    Flow teams message TYPE is required try 2.PNG
    Any recommendations?

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    Re: Type is Required ERROR - Post a message to Teams for a selected row

    Has anyone else experienced this error?

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    Re: Type is Required ERROR - Post a message to Teams for a selected row

    Hi @Anonymous ,

    I have made a test on my side, it has the same issue with you.

    I think it's because of the update of MS Teams connector.

    The template still use the old action.

    I suggest you delete the action 'Post message', and add the 'Post a message' by yourself.

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    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ Zhongys

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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    @v-yamao-msft - That was the solution! Thanks so much for your response.

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