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Posted on by EP-29071004-0

Hi,

im tryiing to get a date from excel into my flow and using the workaround with two compose activities with the formula:

addDays('1899-12-30',int(outputs('compose')),'yyyy-MM-dd')
 
the output from the second compose im puting in an variable integer, for some reason im getting error as follow:
 

"BadRequest. The variable 'Due' of type 'Integer' cannot be initialized or updated with value '2020-01-31' of type 'String'. The variable 'Due' only supports values of types 'Integer'."

 

any idea why its not working?

 

regards,

Eyal

 
 
 
 
 
 
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    Ed Gonzales 4,531 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @Perez 

    Hi there.  Have you already tried initializing the variable 'Due' as a String instead of an Integer?  I've tested it, and that seems to work.

     

    Keep us posted.

    -Ed-

     

     

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    EP-29071004-0 on at

    thanks @edgonzales , that worked!

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