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Instant flow - User Entry - Blank or Missed optional Entry - specify a default value

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Instant cloud flow to capture information for a new user

If an optional field is left blank the flow fails. Making it mandatory would be the easiest workaround, but i'm going for efficient from an end user perspective.

 

I understand to add a condition to check if the field is blank, how do I then add a default value to that dynamic variable to use later on in the flow.

 

cheers for reading

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    Re: Instant flow - User Entry - Blank or Missed optional Entry - specify a default value

    I found what I was looking for here

    How to: Pass a Null value as an input while using a Manual Trigger in MS Flow (bythedevs.com)

     

    I replaced the word null, in this syntax

    if(empty(triggerBody()),null,triggerBody()['text'])

     

    to the actual text I wanted the variable to be, if the original entry was NULL

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