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Can't figure out how to target properties in returned item

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Posted on by notj 780

I'm having a hard time returning the parameters output from a filter array. I can output the body to an html table, but only if I use automatic columns. If I switch it to custom columns, I can't target the parameters in the filter array item.

 

Here's some screenshots to show what I mean.

filter outputs.png

 

This is all that's available to me. When I compose the filter array body, this is what's returned:
returned body.png

When I use the custom columns option, you can see I don't have the option to select these fields.

 

custom columns.png

 

I'm obviously not understanding how this works. Can someone help explain it?

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    notj 780 on at
    Re: Can't figure out how to target properties in returned item

    @v-bacao-msft thank you so much. Targeting the property in the expression worked just as you showed. 

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    v-bacao-msft on at
    Re: Can't figure out how to target properties in returned item

     

    Hi @notj ,

     

    The first method is that you need to get the field value using an expression like item()['ColumnName'].

    Like:

    21.PNG

    Another method is that you first use Parse JSON to parse the body of the Filter array, and then you can use Dynamic content to configure the Create Html table action.

    a-thesis-on-the-parse-json-action-in-microsoft-flow

    handling-json-in-microsoft-flow

     

    Best Regards,

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