What happened to Flow condition????

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HI All,

What happened to the complex conditions in FLOW?

All I have now is the basic with an add button to add more basic conditions!

I create flows for when items are created or modified.

I use a condition where modified = created for new items. (And of course I have to convert to my timezone)

then I use complex conditions where I test for empty columns to send send out update alerts.

I can have 5 or more alerts sent in one FLOW.

--New items go to a group

--updated items go to another group when some column is updated

--updated items go to other groups based on other updated columns. ...

I tried to use the new basic "where sent to is not equal to" and I left the criteria blank, but that didnt work. it sent even when the column was blank.

then I tried where not equal to '' also failed like leaving empty!

Can someone please tell me how to do the below in the new basic condition?

@and(not(empty(triggerBody()?['DateSent'])),not(empty(triggerBody()?['DateSentToTax'])),empty(triggerBody()?['DateSentTo']),empty(triggerBody()?['DateReviewedByTaxDept']))

Thanks,

Joe

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I have the same question.

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Please refer to the blog post if you would like to refer how to use the advanced mode with the same expression.
https://preview.flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/build-more-powerful-conditions-in-flows-and-more/

Here are other alternatives:

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Use expression for left hand side (LHS) and right hand side (RHS)
LHS row 1: empty(body('Send_me_a_mobile_notification'))
LHS row 2 : not(empty(body('Send_me_a_mobile_notification')))

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Thanks for the quick reply Prabir.

I'm still running into an issue. I am trying to use the following Expression in the LHS after a GetItems step is executed using a Sharepoint List:

@empty(body('Get_items')?['value'])

When I attempt to enter ths into the LHS as an Expression in the Condition Step shown below, I get an 'Invalid Expression' error. (This is the expression that I had been using in the previous version of Flow, via the Advanced function.

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hi @Tcaban,
Remove the @ the new format no longer needs it.

HTH,
Joe

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Thank you Joe ! That did the trick.

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Please check here or here for a solution.
"Enter your expression on the left side of the row. Then, select Equals to and enter true."

So what used to be:

Has now become:
If helpful, please mark with thumbs up.
Thanks, Alan

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Hi @joef，

You have marked your post as Solved on the same post below:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-Flows/What-happened-to-conditions-in-FLOW/m-p/233965#M5523

If your problem has been solved, please mark this post as solved too.

Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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Thank you Alice!

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sorry this was such a quick and unexpected change, and I had to get this complete so I was able to move onto another project. You may run into a few more, I had to get a quick answer.

Thanks for pointing this out. I accepted this as answered.

Joe

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Thanks as always @joef - #Kudos to you!

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