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I have a fairly complicated PowerApp that submits data to various SP lists as the user moves through the app. At the end of the app, the user selects up to people from SP person columns that need to approve the request. I want to have a button that triggers a flow to send approval requests (with the details of the request) to each of the people selected. I cannot figure out what i am supposed to put in the Onselect for the PowerAppsbutton.Run(

I can't use the flow trigger of SP list changed/modified as there are modifications happening to the list as it is constantly updated & there doesn't seem to be anyway of specifying that the flow should only trigger when particular fields are modified 😞

Can anyone help?

The PowerApp:

Here is the flow that i've started:

Here is the SP List:

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Joel CustomerEffective 3,224 on at

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try making a collection of the email addresses from the selected people and send the collection to flow using steps like this:
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=pass+objects+to+flow+from+power+apps&docid=607988732623716569&mid=18B8DBC94E20BFDFDC3818B8DBC94E20BFDFDC38&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

You will then need to parse the json using the flow parse json action.
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Hi there,
Thanks for directing me to this video, but i'm still having trouble. I am trying to use the formula as direct in the video (see below), but i keep getting wiggly lines with the error " invalid number of arguments arguments: received 1, expected 0 - what am i doing wrong??
KrishnaV 5,023 on at

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Make sure that you are reading values from PowerApp in your flow. Go to flow and select the step where you want to read this connect and say "ask from powerApp".

I hope this resolved your issue if you see any challenge/need further help please let me know I am always happy to do it for my community.

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Krishna
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Hi Krishna,

Thanks for trying to help. I've done as you suggested, but still no luck:
KrishnaV 5,023 on at

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Remove the flow in PowerApp and add it back that should solve your issue.

I hope this resolved your issue if you see any challenge/need further help please let me know I am always happy to do it for my community.

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Krishna
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Thanks for your help, but still doesn't work 😞