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Posted on by Rogermiddleton

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to create a task folder with Outlook Tasks and populate that same folder with the click of one button.

So far I am not getting it working with 2 buttons:

button 1:

UpdateContext({newTask: 'Outlook-taken'.CreateTaskFolder("Onboarding")})

button 2:

'Outlook-taken'.CreateTaskInFolderV3(newTask.Id;"Task1")

This is not working. Any help would be much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Roger Middleton

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poweractivate 11,078 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Try like this for button OnChange:

UpdateContext({newTask: "Outlook-taken"});UpdateContext({newTaskFolderName: "Outlook-taken-taskfolder"});UpdateContext({newTaskFolder: OutlookTasks.CreateTaskFolder(newTaskFolderName)});OutlookTasks.CreateTaskInFolderV3(newTaskFolder.Id,newTask);

Here are results of testing the above - a folder and a task item in that folder created in one click, as per your original post requirements:

By the way strings do not have operable methods in Power Apps in the form of "SomeString".SomeMethod - Power Apps is not utilized in this way, the goal implied by this syntax from languages like JavaScript can be accomplished in Power Apps, but it is not in this specific syntax, as Power Apps is a low-code platform and does not use exactly same syntax as a traditional programming language, because it is a citizen developer platform, not a traditional programming environment - check if this helps as well.
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Thank you for your reply! This solution helps me get back on track!

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