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Posted on by CA_RSP 45
Hello Power Automate Masters,
 
I'm writing a PAD custom action and I want it to return an object, say a Dictionary<string, List<string>>. Currently my workaround is output a JSON string and use a Convert JSON string to custom object action following that. I'm wondering how to cast the Dictionary to a PAD recognizable custom object in the custom action codes?
 
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    Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,250 Moderator on at
    Hi there,
    Do not complicate your custom action. Simply use a string as your output data type and return the in JSON format.
     
    Once you deploy and start using your custom object in Power Automate Desktop, you will receive the JSON output as a string you can then convert into a custom object.

    Thanks,
    Deenuji Loganathan 👩‍💻
    Power Automate Desktop Community Champion 🤖
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