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Find record in array and break "apply to each"

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I have an array of around 300 items and want to know the position of a certain record so I can find out what my Flow is doing when it hits that record. I can't just keep hitting "next" until I find it in the flow run history.

I thought I'd create a smaller flow with a "Do until" which has "ID" = 123432 (the id number) and increments a variable. But.. Automate insists on putting this inside an "Apply to each". I'm fairly certain this creates a viscous loop as I had to end the run after 15minutes.

How do I find the position of a certain Id within an array and return that number?

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PrasadAthalye on at

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@grantreid - You can declare a integer variable to 0 and increment within foreach using Increment variable action. Then when your id matches, you can set the value of this variable to another variable inside the match condition. Then use that variable to know the index..

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Yes, that would work.

I still find it stupid that the Apply to Each is automatically inserted into the flow. If I have 300 items in the array and the target is found at number 14... it still has to go through 300 iterations.

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You can use Terminate Action to Terminate the flow as soon as you find a match.

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