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Child Flow - Returned Data Can't be Used in Parent Flow

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Hi all,

I might be misunderstanding the purpose of the Child Flow here. As you see below, my Child Flow is returning "form_completion_id", "segment" and "requestee_id". They return data (except for segment) which is expected. However

However, when I try to use that returned data in the Parent Flow (image 3) - it returns nothing (image 4).

I was under the impression that you can use the returned data in the Parent Flow - is that not right or am I doing something wrong here?

Thanks!!

Parent Flow - Compose action with "form_completion_id"

The above returns nothing:

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Re: Child Flow - Returned Data Can't be Used in Parent Flow

Glad you found the answer. I thought it might be something with the JSON mismatching.
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Re: Child Flow - Returned Data Can't be Used in Parent Flow

I solved it. For some reason, Power Automate changed the output from this:

body('Run_a_Child_Flow_-_1._Create_Form_Completion_and_Create_Responses')?['form_completion_id']

To the above - note: the $. I used an expression and manually typed in the above expression, which worked

Thanks for your help!
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Re: Child Flow - Returned Data Can't be Used in Parent Flow

Hi @Pstork1 ,

The child flow has the Respond to PowerApps or flow.

Here's the json. I just selected the Dynamic Content field called "form_completion_ID"
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Re: Child Flow - Returned Data Can't be Used in Parent Flow

When you hover over the FormCompletionID in the compose what does the JSON look like? Based on what I'm seeing this should work fine. Are you using a Responde to Power Apps or flow in the child flow to return the values?