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Posted on by hpayne1993

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Hi there,

I'm setting up a condition to check if a string variable contains two particular string values 'Potential' or 'Precedent'

My condition doesn't seem to work and will always return false even if the variable is set to potential or precednet.

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

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David_MA 14,126 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You would not use an expression on the right side of the condition. Just enter the word Potential instead. Then, click add to add another row to the condition and be sure to choose or. Then set it up where your Tags contains Precedent.

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chiaraalina 1,864 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @hpayne1993

Can you try with toLower?

@or(
contains(toLower(string(items('Apply_to_each_2')?['Tags'])), 'potential'),
contains(toLower(string(items('Apply_to_each_2')?['Tags'])), 'precedent')
)

Also try to add a Compose inside the loop:

@{items('Apply_to_each_2')?['Tags']}

What does it show? ["Potential","Precedent"] or is it an object?

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Kalathiya 1,696 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello @hpayne1993

Please try this:

Expression:

toLower(variables('Tags'))

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