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ODATA filter on Get Items returns error - nested email of a SP Person column not available?

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I am out of ideas and hopefully you will direct me in the right direction.

 

As a manually trigger a single 'Email' input field named 'Employee' was chosen. The selected Sharepoint list contains a column of the same name, but it is of type 'Person' (so a lookup). I already ensured, that I got the right column name (via the list settings) and as the tooltip in the condition  indicates (see figure) imo I think got the right fieldname. So the access for a filter query should be 'Employee/Email' - at least to my knowledge. However, the return value of Get Items is empty, while I was expecting to find a list of entries with information from the Sharepoint list. 

 

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Two additional notes:

1) Without any filter I actually can trigger the condition after and select only the entries I am looking for, but my intention is to rely on the filter only.

2) If I am using 'Employee/ID' and replace the dynamic input with a hardcoded number ... the flow works.

 

What do I miss here? Any hint is much appreciated!

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    Ellis Karim Profile Picture
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    (1)  The format of the query is:

    Employee/EMail  eq '...

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    See: Power Automate filter based on Person or Group column (tomriha.com)

     

    If you use other columns in the filter query, you may need to use the internal names of the columns. See: How to find the internal name of a SharePoint column


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  • Venez Profile Picture
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    I do not know what to write besides: thx - now its working!

     

    However, I still do not understand why the hover-over (method #2 in the how-to get internal column names) shows me then 'Employee/Email' instead of 'Employee/EMail'?!? And is there a way to find the internal names of the lookup columns, because method #1 is imo only applicable to the column itself and not its nested items.

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