Hi there,
I hope you can help.
In Power Automate I want to check for blank email values in a people SharePoint column.
Design solution:
I have a flow which sends emails 4 days before a target date as reminders. The datasource is a SharePoint Online list.
On the list, TargetCompletionDate is a Date/Time column showing date only in a standard format. Owner is a person/group column, allowing selection of 'People and Groups'. It's this value used to send an e-mail for items nearing their completion date.
- On the Get Items action, there's a filter query: TargetCompletionDate ne null to filter out items with blank 'TargetCompletionDate' values, so the flow doesn't error on those items.
- A condition uses the 'addDays' function adding 4 days from now & checks against the 'TargetCompletionDate' value (see screenshot Reminder Flow 3).
- If that condition is met there's a second condition to only send emails if the 'Owner' value isn't blank (screenshot Reminder Flow 4). If there's an email address, it sends the reminder email.
Question: is there a better way to check for empty email values?
Instead of a condition, can I use a Trigger Condition or an addition to the Filter Query.
I've tried a few things, but with no success.
Trigger Conditions I've tried:
@not(empty(triggerBody()?['Owner']))
@not(empty(triggerBody()?['Owner/EMail']))
@not(equals(triggerBody()?['Owner'],null))
@not(equals(triggerBody()?['Owner/EMail'],null))
If I strip out the existing Filter Query, I can get it to work with Owner ne null -- however I'll need to check TargetCompletionDate isn't empty, otherwise the flow will error on items where it is. I'm not getting the syntax right.
For instance, this isn't working: TargetCompletionDate ne null or Owner/EMail ne null
(I suspect this is because there will always be a ; (semi-colon) in the TO: field, using the Send an email notification (V3) action)
Can anyone suggest alternatives to the second condition action?
Thanks!
