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Power Automate can't see string values from excel tables

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Posted on by KN-14081257-0 10
I have a short flow which takes data from 4 column excel table - 1st column values are strings, 2nd - int, 3rd and 4th - date.
 
 
Whenever I want to do operation on string column the inputs are empty.
Values from string column are also empty values when I try to send it just as a value from table without any operations.
 
Expression in send an email:
 
Email the flow sent:
 
 
 
For all other column inputs are correct
 
 
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    trice602 15,404 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Hi,
     
    Here's a couple things I would check:
     
    1)  Check the list rows present in a table output from the last run and confirm there is data in the missing column values.  I'm sure you have already checked but worth investigating.
     
    2)  The reason I ask #1 above is because your column name "Plant / Warehouse" is not a Power Automate friendly name (with the slack in there).  I suspect the list rows present in a table is not picking up this column or any of values.  Try to change the name to Plant-Warehouse and do another test.
     
     
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    KN-14081257-0 10 on at
    In my situation, changing the name of the table column resolved the issue.
     
    In flow with "/" in column name values from table in step "List rows in a table" was visible. But in the next step flow didn't recognize column, because of "/" in the name, which is not a Power Automate friendly, as trice602 suggested.
     

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