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I have an app that triggers a flow from a button. My flow inputs are Text from the Power App. By default, all the inputs are required and the call from my OnSelect works, and it looks like this...

MyFLow.Run(TitleValue.Text, DescriptionValue.Text, NotesValue.Text)

The requirements changed and the NotesValue no longer needs to be required. I change this in my flow inputs, from the ellipsis on my input variable ("Make this field optional"), now my call from my button is giving me an error on NotesValue. The error is "Invalid argument type (Text). Expecting a Record value instead."

If I change the NotesValue back to being required, the error goes away. Why am I getting this error? What am I missing?

Update with screenshots:

this is how I am running the flow from my Button.OnSelect

and this is how I updated the change to make NotesValue not required, from the trigger within myFlow

When I make the change, I see it as giving me the option to now make it required...which tells me it is now optional

With this change to make the last input optional, I save and refresh myFlow in Power Apps, and get this

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Invalid argument type (Text). Expecting a Record value instead.

This was the workaround I came up with. I reverted the input in the flow back to being required, then changed the logic in OnSelect to...

This got rid of my error, and the flow is being triggered. Willing to discover a more efficient way, if there is one.
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Invalid argument type (Text). Expecting a Record value instead.

@FLMike ,

Thanks for the response. I have updated the post with the screenshots. Hopefully they help with reproducing the issue.
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Invalid argument type (Text). Expecting a Record value instead.

Hi

Did you remember to refresh your flow, in the app?

Otherwise I got nothing as the error doesn't make sense, based on what you said you did. We cannot verify as we dont see the flow, the trigger, or know how you changed it.