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How to remove brackets, paranthesis and quotes from compose action. Attached image for refference(Red highlighted - subject of a email). I need only text.

 

And leads on this please.

IMG_20220101_112718~3.jpg

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  • vikulkar Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DML1 ,

     

    Not sure how the compose action is obtaining the input value but you could use some of the string functions in the expression to remove the parenthesis and other unnecessary characters.

    Please check:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#string-functions

     

    Thanks and Regards,

    Vikas K

     

     

  • DML1 Profile Picture
    136 on at

    Thanks Vikas for the response. Attached are the part of flow... Ignore the html table part in the last image.

     

    Subject is one of the column from excel table. Union function used for unique email id.

     

    From filter array used select action to pick up subject column...item()['Subject'] and then compose.

    Added the output of compose action in the subject line of the email.

     

     

    IMG_20211228_191725.jpg

    IMG_20211228_191744.jpg

    IMG_20211228_191827.jpg

  • v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DML1 :

    I've made a test for your reference:

    vbofengmsft_0-1641262642129.png

    The Result:

    vbofengmsft_1-1641262657218.png

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

     

  • DML1 Profile Picture
    136 on at

    Thank you so much for the effort Bof. I am not able to see the replace expression clearly when I zoom the text. Please share the replace expression as text.

     

    I got the workaround to remove the array characters from subject line but still [" "] exist. 

     

    Pls refer the below link

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Using-Flows/Create-email-subject-line-from-array/m-p/1403019

  • v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DML1 :

    After reading the connection you provided, I realized that the output of compose you mentioned is an array.

    Could you show me the complete out put of this action?

    vbofengmsft_0-1641273215303.png

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

  • DML1 Profile Picture
    136 on at

    Pls find the input and output of select and compose action

    IMG_20220104_113909.jpg

    IMG_20220104_113925.jpg

    In the 2nd image you can see the output has array/object symbols [ ] same thing along with " reflecting in subject line of the email.

    Regards,

    DML

  • v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DML1 ,

    I've made a test but there is no '[' or ']' besides the 'Open':

    vbofengmsft_0-1641277615907.png

    The Result:

    vbofengmsft_1-1641277632170.png

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

     

     

  • DML1 Profile Picture
    136 on at

    Is it because I used concat formula(combing multiple columns) in excel table under Subject column to get unique subject?

     

    But concate formula doesn't have [ ] and ".

     

    If my assumption is correct then pls help me to to resolve this Bof?

  • v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @DML1 :

    Please try:

    replace(replace('[""OPEN','[',''),'"','')

    Best Regards,

    Bof

  • DML1 Profile Picture
    136 on at

    Sorry Bof if I am asking a silly question. I am not clear how can I use the Replace function because how to insert a replace expression within output of select or compose.

     

    In your flow you directly used a text in compose, mine is not the same case as mentioned in my previous reply 

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