By using Power automate flow, we will remove the empty city name string. Thats a briliant suggestion! 2. At the moment we are comparing apples and pears. Instead of looping through all the objects and appending the values in a variable, you can have a single action. Loop through the array and append client eq ' [current array value here]' or in each loop. To fetch all the items from the SharePoint list, we will be using the Get Items action. In the advanced mode you formulate more complex expressions. We will define an array with numbers and filter the array for all numbers that are greater than 5. After saving and manually running the flow, we will receive 2 emails with different employee names as per our Sharepoint list and this is how we can filter items of the Sharepoint list using the Filter array action in Power Automate. In the From field, we will provide the array of items that we will get from the pervious step the Get Items action. I want to delete that common elements now. Thanks a lot! From your description, you want to determine if the corresponding categories are equal and then send the file. In order to filter the elements in a Json array regarding the elements in another array, you have to do an 'Apply to each' cycle where you check if the current element of the array is contained in the string where do you want to search. It will store the current value, in our case, an email. Many thanks, that worked a treat. A great place where you can stay up to date with community calls and interact with the speakers. As we already loaded all items, we dont need to make another call to SharePoint and just filter the items. We have a large number of legal related documents in a document library that are tagged with a multi-value choice field. We will also be going through the below points with examples for better understanding. Keep up to date with current events and community announcements in the Power Automate community. Building the table is quite straightforward. One array has 3 columns and the other one has one. Click here and donate! Message 2 of 4 2,804 Views 0 Reply BKHolmes Frequent Visitor Select Initialize variable action, then set the variable name, type as an array, and set the value like below. Instead of looping through all the objects and appending the values in a variable, you can have a single action. For sure it have lower efficiency however my method isnt suitable for everything. View solution in original post Message 2 of 3 1,452 Views 0 Reply 2 REPLIES This example will return [8]. Second, filter the data with the Filter array John, would only be notified on changes to the Policy record and Jane would get a notification for all three records. Whenever we need to filter data in power automate, we get only two options. First, filter the data in the Get items action using the OData filter query. And we will send an email with the employee details. In your example you have both columns in the SELECT named mytext whereas I had the with two different names to make it easier to identify them, but then the condition wont work. How to compare two arrays using Microsoft Power Automate? Filter array on unnamed column in PowerAutomate. Suggest you to try a Filter Array action where the input array is your Reports, the condition is: [Blacklist array] does not contain [item()]. This is how we can compare the Date column of the Sharepoint list in the Filter array action using the Power Automate flow. And I can't watch the output. Message 2 of 4 2,804 Views 0 Reply BKHolmes Frequent Visitor Power automate flow will automatically add the Apply to each action for the array of filtered items and then we will add Send an email to shoot an email with the employee name in the body. Next, we will Send an email outlook action to send an email with employee details in the email body. In this example, we want to filter based on the key = RelatedEntities as seen in the Scenario section above. A shorter way is to use an expression with union and passing the array to union twice. One important thing to notice is that the two arrays have a different structure. In order to filter the elements in a Json array regarding the elements in another array, you have to do an 'Apply to each' cycle where you check if the current element of the array is contained in the string where do you want to search. See the example below: The used expression in the Power Automate Filter array with multiple conditions example for copy and paste: You can build very complex conditions by using: The and condition allows you to combine multiple conditions. The requirement is to filter the data based on the value of the choice column Manager. So currently I do have the following to arrays: What I'd like to do is only keep the items in the "Items" array, that contain one or more of the keywords in the "Keywords" array. Experienced readers can skip this section or use the table of contents to navigate to the part they are interested in. Power Automate has filter options available to make things easy. We will also be sending an email to verify our results. Hi, I want to filter items using an array variable from another list. Filtering strings in array that not end with a certain string can be achieved with does not endwith. To learn more about the Power Platform, follow me on Twitter or subscribe on YouTube. Read How to export SharePoint List items to excel using Power Automate and send email. I'm working through a request to create an email subscription list. Comment * document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a210089f0c0561435d4831a9f94e6683" );document.getElementById("ca05322079").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. You could configure your Flow by following the instructions below. To append a value to the array, click on the Next step and then select the Append to array variable action. We want to group the tasks into the only email and send them to the person in question. Still intersection is usefull a lot! Note: The starts with condition is NOT case-sensitive. Power automate flow will automatically add the Apply to each action to loop the array of filtered items and then we will add the Send an email outlook action to send out the emails. I don't understand why should I initialize variable for intersection? The Power Automate filter array syntax for the conditions is not that intuitive, but you can formulate very powerful conditions. The solution is automation. There are 2 details to take into consideration: We dont want to send empty emails, so we have a condition that checks if the filter result is empty. A great place where you can stay up to date with community calls and interact with the speakers. Ill explain everything in detail so that you can learn. So even though, the first record found is the item that we were looking for, apply to each steps will continue to process the rest of the array. Once you select, you then need to provide the condition to filter the Array. Your email address will not be published. The idea then is that Barry would never be notified on changes to the Tax Numbers document. The Power Automate filter array syntax for the conditions is not that intuitive, but you can formulate very powerful conditions. Best Regards, Community Support Team _ Barry If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly. Suppose, we have a Sharepoint list as shown in the below image with all the employee details and we need the object or items of the array where age is greater than 41. Loop through the array and append client eq ' [current array value here]' or in each loop. Re: Comparing two tables - Sharepoint - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com) Pat And this is how we can use the contains operator to filter the array of the Filter array action in Power Automate. If the email doesnt exist in the email, adds it. How to compare two arrays using Microsoft Power Automate? Please enter your username or email address. Power Automate will recommend you some formats you can select and apply to expression to the field. To achieve the above requirement, we will create a flow that will trigger manually. Once we save our flow and manually run it, we will get an array of items with employees detail. This could then look something like this: Yuck! WebPower Automate - How To Compare Two Arrays. All of this looks quite complex, but I wanted to show you many sneaky details that can make you scratch your head; if you understand the why in these details, you wont be surprised when some of them show up in the future. The first step is to reshape the arrays a bit. Note: The starts with condition is NOT case-sensitive. Parenthesis Its easy to miss one, and the expression returns an error. Once we save and run the flow, we will receive all the items that got created at todays date, however, as we dont have any record in our SharePoint list that justifies this condition, we will not receive any email. After saving and manually testing the Power Automate flow, we will receive 2 emails with different employee names and details. I am creating a workflow in PowerAutomate. Substitute the current value in the array from Dynamic properties for [current array value here]. To focus on the described task, we do not provide a step-by-step guide for every use case. We will create a flow that will trigger manually. We will check the condition where the Age column is equal to 50 and also if the Department column is equal to IT. We will use the not equal to operator to filter the employees based on the Department column and we will click on advance mode to write the below condition. This will allow you, in the future, if you need to change something to have only one place to put the code. I have made a test on my side, please refer to screenshot below to create the flow: The expression of the ID column in the "Create html table" action as below: The expression of theTitle column in the "Create html table" action as below: The flow would run successfully as below: Thank you for posting on the Flow Community Forum! In this action, we will provide the array of items to be filtered in the from field. The last one is a bit more complex, but you can understand it better if you read my Power Automate: Convert Excel Number to Date article. We are using thelength()function to get the count of the object in this array. In this post the speedy solution. This example will return [1,1,2,3,4,5,6]. Handle unmanaged changes made to tables in the default solution in the Power Platform. If I didnt have it, I would need to propagate the same code over and over again, and thats error-prone: If you have an item that you refer to in multiple places in a Apply to Each, for example, always use a variable or a compose. If you need any additional information take a look. We will be using the same requirement as the above section, we have a Sharepoint list with employee detail as shown in the below image and the requirement is to get all the employees whose age is equal to 42 or their department is equal to IT. Basically you use a select to make an array of the Title values (no column header) and Filter your other array for where that Titles array does (or does not) include the current item. Filter array on unnamed column in PowerAutomate. You have some information that you want to filter but only during your run. As we already loaded all items, we dont need to make another call to SharePoint and just filter the items. Business process and workflow automation topics. You can't use an array in your filter query. We need to build the email to send so, for that, lets go through all distinct. Power Automate | Power Virtual Agents Super User Program Manager Message 3 of 4 10,499 Views 0 Reply gmcanally Advocate II In response to v-yuazh-msft 10-15-2018 07:07 AM Thanks! Lets think about Excel. In the last loop, don't add the or at the end. In the Power Automate flow, we will add the filter array data operator from all the listed operations and if we expand the edit in advance more we can write our conditions or query. The first step is to reshape the arrays a bit. A great place where you can stay up to date with community calls and interact with the speakers. It gives you only part of blacklist which I'm using. For reference, Im writing this article on the 5th of March 2021. power automate append array variable. OP uses union () method to union two arrays in loop to solve the problem. This reshaping of data is easily done with two select actions. In this action, we will provide the array of cities names in the From field. @contains (item ()? See how to filter an array and collect all items that are less or equal to a given value. Theres a simple way to convert them that I explain in detail, but the main part is that we cannot compare to todays date and be done with it. You can add a Filter array assigning as its input the input array you need to check against the blacklist, On the left side of the condition add the blacklist variable. Lets start this tutorial with one of the most commonly used compare operator equal to in the filter array action of Power Automate. 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