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Initializing Variable for look up field and multiple choice set

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Posted on by anubha007 12

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I am new to power automate. I am creating a flow when the form is submitted in MS Dynamics Customer Insights; it gets updated on the Sharepoint List. In the form are fields of lookup type and multiple-choice type. For other fields, I have initialized variables to a string. I am confused about what variable type will be for lookup and multiple-choice. If anyone can help that would be great 

 

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    Matthy79 4,178 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    Re: Initializing Variable for look up field and multiple choice set

    Hello @anubha007 

     

    You shouldn't use variables to set a value that doesn't change. Especially in power automate this consumes actions and slows down your flow.

     

    You have all you need already stored and can use it. Why do you want to duplicate the information and store it inside a variable?

     

    If you still want to store the information in a variable you just need to look at a flow run history. There you will see the datatype. You can also use a compose action to store the information twice. In that case you won't have to care about the datatype because the compose action does that for you.

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