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Parent Child Input Schema Error

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{
  "error": {
    "code""TriggerInputSchemaMismatch",
    "message""The input body for trigger 'manual' of type 'Request' did not match its schema definition. Error details: 'Invalid type. Expected String but got Object.,Invalid type. Expected String but got Object.'."
  }
}

 

Error: 400

TriggerInputSchemaMismatch

 

The excel file retrieved does exist and has content in it. My child flow is supposed to accept file content as input and the parent passes it file content that it gets from a SharePoint list.

I tried passing the child flow random text instead of retrieved file content and it worked and got farther for some reason (until it got to the pdf part) but when I pass actual file content it just breaks like this before the child flow gets to actually register a run.

 

Question: How do I pass my excel file to the child flow?

 

Thank you!

 

 

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Parent Flow

 

 

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Child Flow

 

 

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  • ezjensen Profile Picture
    49 on at

    I am having the same issue, but with a pdf.  Have you found a solution yet?

  • 9C7Z Profile Picture
    4 on at

    I never got it to work with parent child flows. I also never tried using emails to send file content so that would be my next attempt.

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    ezjensen Profile Picture
    49 on at

    I just got this working for me. Here is what I did:

     

    In the Parent flow

    • Initialized a new variable "varFilePath"

    ezjensen_1-1647892129054.png

    • The full path is from the file found in the trigger step
    • Set the Child_File path from the child flow to the "varFilePath"

    ezjensen_4-1647892679452.png

     

    In the Child Flow

    • You need to setup this in the Manually trigger a flow

    ezjensen_2-1647892490075.png

    • Then I have added a Get file content using path step to get the file into the Child flow

    ezjensen_3-1647892620417.png

     

    Hope this helps!

     

  • SevaStyx Profile Picture
    10 on at

    Got exactly the same problem... This is ridiculous... 

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