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Fabrice Frachon
Microsoft
MicrosoftI would like to pass to Sharepoint>Create file, a variable of type Object to the File Content param
In my flow, depending various conditions I am using distinct templates to create a word document, using "Populate a Microsoft Word template".
For each case, I store the created file in a variable...
Fabrice FrachonMicrosoft
MicrosoftMy issue is not with creating Word documents using templates. I am able to create and save Word documents and using variables to populate the template.
What I cannot do, is use the Word document that I placed in a Microsoft Flow variable, as an input later in my flow to save the File or to attach to an email (again my scenario is that the Microsoft flow variable is used to support that, depending conditions, the Word document is different).
OK maybe try using Compose and using the Set initialize variable output as the source. Then use the compose box output as the file content.
Fabrice Frachon, Damien_Rosario is correct. It should look like this:
- Initialize variable of type object
- Use a Switch control to run the right Populate a Microsoft Word Template action
- Set the variable of type object to the output of the Populate a Microsoft Word Template in each switch case
- After the switch control, add a Compose action with the input of your variable of type object
- Use the Create File SharePoint action and add the output of the Compose action as the File Content.
If you don't add the Compose action in step 4, the file will become corrupt when the Create File in SharePoint action is completed.
