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Regular expression action won't allow me to select a variable to Store result in

  • July 29, 2022
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I'm trying to use the Regular Expression Action to pull the first name out of the display name. The expression works, but I'm unable to select a variable in the "Store result in" dropdown.  The dropdown shows no choices.

 

Has anyone run into this, or know a fix?  We are running on SharePoint 2016 on-prem.  Thanks!

Best answer by SimonMuntz

Hi,

 

When using the Extract Operation of the Regular Expression action the output is a collection variable.

Create a collection variable and add it to the action.  To insert the value into a text variable you then use a Get Item From collection action.

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SimonMuntz
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  • August 1, 2022

Hi,

 

When using the Extract Operation of the Regular Expression action the output is a collection variable.

Create a collection variable and add it to the action.  To insert the value into a text variable you then use a Get Item From collection action.