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Posted on 24 Aug 2021 14:59:18 by Community Power Pla...

Hello, I have submitted a txt file containing "information" and this flow returns as no.

Is there something I am doing wrong?

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TC416 37 on 22 Aug 2023 at 18:09:07

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Re: Condition where text file contains a string

Nevermind the question. It turns out the file somehow got Base64 encoded when it is saved to Sharepoint. Not sure why or how that happens. I use base64tostring and now it is working.
TC416 37 on 21 Aug 2023 at 02:17:56

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Re: Condition where text file contains a string

Hi, I am trying to trigger an alert when a text file added to a folder has the word "Exception". The file is a plain text file with an file extension '.log'. Looking at the output, PA can see the plain text content. Unfortunately, the workflow is not seeing the word in the text file and completing the flow without triggering the Alert action.

Any idea or suggestion would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance...
ScottShearer 25,223 Most Valuable Professional on 24 Aug 2021 at 16:56:44

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Re: Condition where text file contains a string

@Anonymous

Your trigger output contains the file content. If you reference the file content in the conditon and it is a text file, it should work for you. Please note that the comparison is case sensitive.
eric-cheng 5,171 on 24 Aug 2021 at 15:29:13

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Re: Condition where text file contains a string

Hi @Anonymous

You can try the below to read a txt file and use the output of Compose 2 in your condition

@base64(outputs('Get_file_content_using_path')?['body'])

@base64ToString(outputs('Compose'))

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