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Power Automate - Using Flows
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Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

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Posted on 13 Sep 2022 07:51:10 by 4

I'm trying to make a very simple automation where if someone books an appointment in my MS Bookings it will create an event on one of the shared calendars in our organization. 

My trigger is 'When an appointment is Created' and placed the bookings calendar SMTP Address (https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/BookingsCalendar@grouphomes.com.au/bookings/

 

But throws an error: 

 

Error
Action 'When_a_appointment_is_Created' failed
 
Error Details
The response is not in a JSON format.


  • michaelleahy Profile Picture
    14 on 03 Jun 2024 at 14:20:24
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    Hi, did you manage to solve this issue - I have the same problem!

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on 13 Jul 2023 at 16:43:52
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    I am still having this issue. I copied a working Flow before I started making changes.

    I looked at the link that @Darren_Carr shared.  It did say you have to be an Admin on the Bookings and that only 5 flows can be made for any calendar.  I ensured that there are only two flows using that calendar.

     

    I'm an admin on the Bookings calendar - I actually created it. Here's what I'm seeing.  The Flow is not being triggered.  When I open it from the list of My Flows, I get this error:

    I can't figure alt text - the error banner reads: Ther is a problem that needs to be fixed to trigger this flow. To see more details, open flow checker.I can't figure alt text - the error banner reads: Ther is a problem that needs to be fixed to trigger this flow. To see more details, open flow checker.

    When I open the Flow Checker, I get this

     

    There's a problem with this flow's trigger. Details: it hasn't been triggered successfully in the last 28 days.. How to fix it. To see this problem and fix it, go to the trigger.There's a problem with this flow's trigger. Details: it hasn't been triggered successfully in the last 28 days.. How to fix it. To see this problem and fix it, go to the trigger.

    When I click that link, I get a totally white area to the right of the menu panel. When I refresh, I get the flow failure screen, showing the trigger failed.  
    The run details

    ajvoraman_5-1689266203095.png

    So, I look at the trigger block

    ajvoraman_7-1689266271308.png

     

    Here's the offending raw input:

    ajvoraman_8-1689266309108.png

    On the right, the resources to help solve this ...

     

    ajvoraman_10-1689266529686.png

    I have not tried to sign out and reauthenticate - that's my next step. 

  • Darren_Carr Profile Picture
    2 on 23 Jun 2023 at 11:12:08
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    I found this online, it may be a permissions issue.  Worth checking with your Asure Admins

     

    Use Power Automate connectors to build Bookings workflows | Microsoft Learn

  • Tauscher Profile Picture
    2 on 21 May 2023 at 02:58:41
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    I'm still getting the JSON format error and have verified my smtp address (just the email address and not the full URL) and the connection is through an admin user. Anything else to check?

  • CoLenny Profile Picture
    5 on 04 Oct 2022 at 23:17:59
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    Ok, figured this out.

    You need to have only the smtp email address in the parameter rather than the entire url as shown in the example.

     

    Entire bookings URL = https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/LDev1@domain.org/bookings

    parameter should be LDev1@domain.org

     

  • CoLenny Profile Picture
    5 on 04 Oct 2022 at 23:07:37
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    Also getting this error trying to see what the payload looks like:

    CoLenny_0-1664924827332.png

     

  • BenGarcia Profile Picture
    4 on 13 Sep 2022 at 10:23:31
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    Here you go @Sundeep_Malik :

     

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  • Sundeep_Malik Profile Picture
    6,480 on 13 Sep 2022 at 08:01:33
    Re: Bookings (When an appointment is created) Trigger - the response is not in JSON format

    Hey @BenGarcia 

    Can you show the flow in edit mode as well as the run where you got error if possible. 

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