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Why is Power Automate adding "For each" Loops to my actions?

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Posted on by CE-25082056-0 17
So essentially, i'm trying to follow this tutorial: Power Automate Send Task Due Reminder Emails
my "AssignedTo" field is a person field so it has the array of person meta data. when i reference the email (because i want to send them an email) it automatically puts it into 2 nesting "For each" loops. this is not what happens in the tutorial. I can drag the actions out of the loops and then delete the loops, but i get the following error when i save: Flow save failed with code 'InvalidTemplate' and message 'The template validation failed: The repetition action(s) 'For_each' referenced by 'inputs' in action 'Select' are not defined in the template.'
Any help on this is extremely appreciated. i have attached images
nesting for each loops.png
taking select action out of loop error on save.png
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    Vejai SH Profile Picture
    Vejai SH 560 on at
     
    Do you have multiple values in AssignedTo?
     
    If you don’t need multiple assignees, Go to your SharePoint list → column settings for AssignedTo. set Allow multiple selections = No. Rebuild the flow reference → now AssignedTo.Email is a direct object, not an array → no nested loops.
     
    if you want to take only the first person from the email, then item()?['AssignedTo']?[0]?['Email'] (If you want all emails, you’ll need to use an Apply to each loop to flatten them out.)
     
    Thanks, 
    Vejai SH  
     
    Please mark as answer if my suggestion helps you.
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    Chriddle 8,672 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    You're getting the loop because you're trying to process a value that's an array.
    Extract the email addresses from the Persons array (using a Select action) and then join the email array with a comma before/during insertion into the email action.

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