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I currently have a flow which gets responses from a form, a couple of select actions to get items from question, then use that select action in create item. This works well and presents in my list item create. However further down in my flow I have a populate word doc which I use a compose action before it to join those items, however it is not presenting nicely.

For example the first select action has the following:

From: json(outputs('Get_response_details')?['body/rcf6adde745d143a9be6b8094dc3303a2'])

Map: Key = Value 

Value = item()

In create item I use the 'Select action output' in field with input entire array.

This works great because it shows the multiple choice answers from the form into the list exactly in the pills.

I did some co-pilot help and it said to fix to add a compose function directly before the populate word template connector with the following expression:

join(body('Select_Project_Trigger'), ', ')

However the word doc is still presenting the answers in the word doc, like so (where Sample words are the answer to the multiple-choice questions in the form:

​​{"Value":"Sample words"}, {"Value":"sample words"}, {"Value":"Sample words"}​ 

I need to simplest possible solution to be able to get the multi choice answers to present in the word doc with jus commas in between, and not to affect the create item part.

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Connector development

Hi @laura_marsden,

If I understood correctly, it is unlikely that the join expression would have this output based on your description. Could you please confirm that you referenced the dynamic content of correct Compose outputs in the Populate Word Template action?

If you did reference the correct Compose, please confirm the outputs of your Select Project Trigger look like ["Sample words 1", "Sample words 2", "Sample words 3"], formatted as an array of strings.

If the output of your Select Project Trigger is something like: { "Value": "Sample words 1" }, { "Value": "Sample words 2" }, { "Value": "Sample words 3" } ], then create a second Select, using the outputs of Select Project Trigger as "From" (highlighted in red), switch it to text mode (in yellow) clear everything from the map and enter the expression item['Value'] (in blue):

As a result, your output will look like this: ["Sample words 1", "Sample words 2", "Sample words 3"], and you will be able to use it as input for the join expression in your Compose.

Let me know if it works for you or if you need any additional help!

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