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Send email from shared inbox during after-hours time period.

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So I've run through about 10 different iterations of condition code to test for whether or not the time an email was received based on metadata (or even the current time when an email was received) and I cannot get the condition to work properly for the life of me. I was able to build a flow on my account using the code below and the condition functioned - however, when I moved the flow over to the shared mailbox, the flow terminates with my status of "canceled" and an indication that the condition failed. Below are my requirements for this condition, everything else is set up correctly as far as I know, but I can share whatever is requested.

 

  • Trigger: email arrives in shared mailbox
  • Condition: check for time the email arrives, make sure it is between 6:30 AM and 5:30 PM local time
    • If yes, terminate the flow (do nothing)
    • If no, check if the message is a reply (currently using "RE: " in subject)
      • If it's a reply, do not send a message (do nothing)
      • If it's a unique message, send an after-hours message from the shared mailbox

I don't get failure, just information that every single message fails the condition and the flow terminates.

 

@and(
	less(
		formatDateTime(
			addHours(
				triggerBody()?['DateTimeReceived'],-6
			),
			'HH:mm'
		),
		formatDateTime('06:30:00','HH:mm')
	),
	greater(
		formatDateTime(
			addHours(
				triggerBody()?['DateTimeReceived'],-6
			),
			'HH:mm'
		),
		formatDateTime('17:30:00','HH:mm')
	)
)

I'm also including a screenshot of the general setup I have below in case that's helpful.

 

2017-10-11_11-56-07.png

 

Any help getting this to function is appreciated. I've looked through these forums as well as tried a bit of Google-fu and that's how I cobbled my code together, but it just doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance!

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    Re: Send email from shared inbox during after-hours time period.

    Hi @gamoraes,

     

    Thanks for your assistance, who knew something so simple would trip me up? Your change worked through various tests, so I've accepted it as the solution!

     

    Best,

     

    Brandon

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on at
    Re: Send email from shared inbox during after-hours time period.

    Hi @gamoraes,

     

     

    Thanks for your reply. I've made the change and will do some testing to verify!

     

    Best,

     

    Brandon

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    gamoraes Profile Picture
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    Re: Send email from shared inbox during after-hours time period.

    Hi @Anonymous.

     

    Thanks for posting, you was very clareful.

     

    Understanding your cenario, if the email wasn't received between 6:30 AM and 5:30 PM you will send an after-hours email.

     

    For this your condiction need to use 'or' instead 'and', because:

     - If the received time is less 6:30am = Send Email

    OR

     - If the received time is greater 17:30pm = Send Email.

     

    You just need to change the first word in your condiction and 'Thaaadá'.

     

    Hope this helps!


    Best Regards,

     

    Gustavo Moraes

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