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Sorry if this has been answered before but I've been at this for hours and read everything I can find but I can't figure out why I have this wrong. I'm trying to kick off an approval flow from within PowerApps either using a new button or just making use of the button used to submit a form from the edit screen. I've tried several different formulas and a few of them even "work" until I attempt to run the flow using the button in which case it returns the error message that "The method Run has an invalid value for parameter 'GetItemID'. The most recent formula I've tried is

'REQUESTAPPROVAL'.Run(DataCardValue10.Selected.Value, "Sent for Approval"). The datacardvalue10 is the Status column and the "Sent for Approval" is the value I want to check against in my second action in the flow. Any help or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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Carl

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RezaDorrani 12,145 on at

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Share screenshot fo flow in edit mode and run mode with error

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So the error I get is when I try to use the button in PowerApps and the Flow history doesn't show an attempt at all.

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What type is the data type for the parameter GetItem_Id

The value you are passing is not matching its type and hence the error

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Maybe that's where I am lost? I'm not sure how to get that ID to be honest and I was just passing the value of the "Status" DataCard there and then the Status that I was using for the condition. Ideally I would like to be able to add a new button and field called "Ready for Workflow?" and if they select yes, ill show the button and they are able to kick off the workflow on the same item they are viewing in the edit screen but if that's not possible I would just like to kick it off whenever they add or update and item from the details screen and resolve the condition like I am currently.

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Sorry but I have no context of your App or the fields related to it (or its data types)

If you are trying to query the item in Flow using get item and then passing the ID
then all you need to pass is the ID of the list/library item from PA

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Okay so with my current formula:

'REQUESTAPPROVAL'.Run(DataCardValue10.Selected.Value, "Sent for Approval");SubmitForm(EditForm1)

The red text is what I used as the "ID" but that is the selected value of the "Status" field, which is a choice column. What would I use there instead to pull the ID of the current item in the edit form?

I've tried EditForm1.Selected.ID and EditForm1.ID and it returns as invalid.

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What is the Item property of EditForm1

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BrowseGallery1.Selected

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Then use BrowseGallery1.Selected.ID as param to pass to Flow

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Thank you so much Reza.

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