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Hi All,
I've been trying to use the "Populate a Microsoft Word template" connector in power automate. I've done everything correctly and the flow runs fine however when I open the file. nothing has been changed.
I've seen people say it doesnt work with templates that are loaded into sharepoint so stored the template in onedrive:
I know the limitations on rich text and other controls from here:
So what i've done is created a really simple docx with 2 plain text controls and saved it to my onedrive.
I a forms response as a trigger as the input data to the template.
when I run it it completes no problems but when I actually open the file it doesn't show anything.
why is that?
@divyank_raj I am so sorry I never replied this was extremely helpful, thank you!!
Hi @Lexanar
I followed this doc.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/using-word-templates-dynamics-365
What I essentially did was remove all the references to the dynamic values and re added them back to the template using the Developer Tab as illustrated in the documentation.
Started working after I re did all the occurences.
Thanks & Regards,
Divyank Raj
Do you have a link to that documentation? I'd like to check mine to see what's missing/poorly formatted.
Thank you in advance!
-SCM
It's typically template errors yes.
I actually have started using Encodian, as it handles photos and arrays in a better way.
I would highly recommend checking it out to anyone.
Their service and support team are amazing also.
That being said, it can be just as tough to use as the built-in premium connectors. They have amazing documentation and instructional videos though.
10/10
In my case, the word template I had was ill formatted.
I had to re-do the word template based on the official Microsoft documentation for creating word templates. Once I followed it to the letter and re-created my template, the output after the power automate flow was perfect in both the web and desktop version.
I am also still facing this issue. If I open my exported file in Word online, the data fields are filled out.
The desktop client only shows the field names, however, the pen inputs are showing up (super strange).
Does anyone have an answer?
I'm facing the same issue.
Did anyone ever find the solution to this issue?
This seems like affecting many users.
Hi Josi,
I found that if you use a template that used the merge fields (which are orange if I remember correctly) the merge only works in Teams or online, whereas if within the Word template you replace the orange fields with the blue ones (Controls, text field - not RTF) everything works perfectly.
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