Skip to main content

Notifications

Power Automate - General Discussion
Unanswered

Seemingly Inconsistent Behavior when Testing Flows - variable typing

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 142

Has anyone conquered Testing flows with non-string variables?

 

I have been using the Test function to test my flows successfully as long as the variables I am "Asking for from PowerApps" are strings.  When I want to test a Flow that need to accept a numeric or int, I keep getting essentially a Type mismatch error.  I would have assumed that to enter a string you would quote it and to enter a numeric you would leave the number unquoted but alas, that doesn't seem to work.

 

While I am at it, I also struggle with it prompting me for initialization variables for Flow steps that I have deleted.  It is like they are stuck in some cache somewhere.  I have to close everything up and start over again with a new flow.  This requires that I make no mistakes (a stretch) and also not use variables to test flow behaviors because they get caught in the cache somewhere when I delete them after the troubleshooting is complete.

test flow with numeric.jpg

Type mismatch.jpg

 

Any help or insights will be greatly appreciated.

 

                                                                      

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Microsoft Kickstarter Events…

Register for Microsoft Kickstarter Events…

Announcing Our 2025 Season 1 Super Users!

A new season of Super Users has arrived, and we are so grateful for the daily…

Announcing Forum Attachment Improvements!

We're excited to announce that attachments for replies in forums and improved…

Leaderboard

#1
WarrenBelz Profile Picture

WarrenBelz 145,508

#2
RandyHayes Profile Picture

RandyHayes 76,287

#3
Pstork1 Profile Picture

Pstork1 64,839

Leaderboard