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Matt1122
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Aug 24, 2020

MS Flow - Email Template HTML breaking after adding ItemUrl in href


I have a simple requirement of sending an email with custom ItemUrl and ID in the email body.
Current Scenario
 
 
 
ItemUrl variable contains - https://www.google.com?id=@{triggerBody()?['ID']}. Here Id is incrementing.

Problem Statement

I am getting an email but the at the same time the url openly displayed in the email body which I want as href: Here is the email

 

Solution I have tried:

Here what I have tried but no luck: I provided the ItemUrl inside <a href="@{variables('ItemUrl')}"</a>. But my HTML breaks and I cannot return to normal email body. In short, I can only see HTML markup, which is a bad experience for business user.

 

Expected output : ItemUrl should be inside href and at the same time email body is also in readable format

Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks.

 

 
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    • Matt1122's avatar
      Matt1122
      Copper Contributor
      Aug 25, 2020

      Damien_Rosario 

       

      Thanks for your response.

      I tried this but it didn't work.

       

      If I provide the direct link in href it accepts and HTML tag is enabled. But as soon as I provide ListItemID to it, it breaks. Screenshot attached

       

      The actual problem here is in forming the url in ItemUrl variable.

       

      Options Id tried, with multiple combinations.

      Here ID is ListItemId

      ?id=[%ID%]

      ?id=['ID']

      ?id=@ID

       

      Link hardcoded HTML is enabled

       

      HTML breaks after providing dynamic ID

       

       

      Please let me know if any solution.

       

       

       

       

      • Damien_Rosario's avatar
        Damien_Rosario
        Silver Contributor
        Aug 26, 2020

        Hi Matt1122 

         

        Regarding your HTML question, your observation is correct. 

         

        I tend to get my HTML sorted before putting it into Power Automate and then running tests and tweaking things from there.

         

        I use programs like Notepad ++ to test my designs before they go into Power Automate (save the file as a *.html for testing in your web browser).

         

        If the URL is still an issue, try removing the @ (see below).

         

        Output:

           

        Click onto 'Click here' results in ID 3 (which is correctly drawn from SharePoint):

         

         

        Hope that helps?

         

        Cheers

        Damien

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