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Good afternoon, 
 
I'm encountering a mental block that I believe should be simple. I need to create a basic database (perhaps an Excel table?) that lists managers and their locations, as defined in the "Department" attribute. Essentially, when running a flow, I need to match the department of the manager in the database with the user running the flow. Based on that match, I may need to automatically fill in the manager's email for an Outlook action to send an email. Most of these managers are not direct reports, so the "Manager" attribute won't work for this purpose.
 
Thank you for your help. 
 
 
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    15,983 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
    Sure, you can do this very easily and start with Excel as an easy option since you mentioned it.  Essentially, your excel workbook will contain the columns you described, just make sure your data is in a table so you can refer to the values (and search for your manager) in the action List rows present in a table.
     

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    15,983 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hey there!
     
    I am following up on this post simple database/table in this category building flows from 12/09/2024.  I know the post is a little older, but it is a common question here so wanted to take a moment and follow-up. I see there have been 1 replies and 1 likes and asking if your question has been answered.  If so, please help the community out by completing one or more of the following actions!  Thanks in advance!
     
    Easy as 1-2-3 ‼️💯⭐😎🆒🙏
     
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    Again, thanks in advance for reading and responding, always glad to help!  Tom 💯💯💯💯💯
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    If I can help with anything else please let me know or tag me in a future post, I enjoy reading and answering questions.  Always glad to help!  Tom 💯💯💯💯💯

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