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Issue with Converting String Input to Table Format for Generative answers Action Input

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I'm trying to collect the website URL from the user and feed it into a data source for generating answers. But, I'm running into a problem where the value, when passed using the formula feature, isn't accepted because the Action requires the input to be in a table form. I've included a screenshot for clarity. Is there a workaround or a technique to convert the input string into a table so it can be used here?


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    The list of URLs should be formatted as a table:

     

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    Here is a topic that accepts a URL as a response from a user, and generates an answer for that URL:

     

    kind: AdaptiveDialog
    beginDialog:
     kind: OnUnknownIntent
     id: main
     priority: -1
     actions:
     - kind: Question
     id: question_VpVV8T
     interruptionPolicy:
     allowInterruption: true
    
     variable: init:Topic.url
     prompt: Provide website address
     entity: StringPrebuiltEntity
    
     - kind: SetVariable
     id: setVariable_strjKz
     variable: Topic.URLs
     value: =[Topic.url]
    
     - kind: SearchAndSummarizeContent
     id: search-content
     userInput: =System.Activity.Text
     variable: Topic.Answer
     publicDataSource:
     sites: =Topic.URLs
    
     - kind: ConditionGroup
     id: has-answer-conditions
     conditions:
     - id: has-answer
     condition: =!IsBlank(Topic.Answer)
     actions:
     - kind: EndDialog
     id: end-topic
     clearTopicQueue: true

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