Cannot use hyperlink field in variable

[#1]

I'm using workflow online to send an email that contains a link to a document.  This link to a document exists as a hyperlink field in my list.  I've tried including this field value in the email body, setting a string variable as the field value, and setting a hyperlink variable as the field value.  I even tried doing a lookup to the list item instead of using Current Item. No matter what, I get this error message

System.InvalidCastException: The value 'd/results(0)/Link_x0020_To_x0020_Document' cannot be read as type 'String'. at Microsoft.Activities.GetDynamicValueProperty`1

The only format option I have when reading this field value is String, it does not give me other options (such as hyperlink).  No matter what variable type I create, the only option is String and the error is always the same.  Is there a workaround so that I can include this hyperlink in an email?

[#2]

Clint,

Can you please confirm the type of column by sending us a screenshot of the column configuration?

Regards,

Andrew Beals

[#3]

[#4]

Clint,

Thanks for doing that - I have been able to reproduce this issue. Would you mind creating a case with support asking it to be assign to me? I am currently chasing this issue internally and would like to add your case to the report.

Cheers,

Andrew Beals

[eharris04]

I don't have much to contribute but was able to reproduce the issue as well.  Andrew thanks for taking this one on.. Glad to have awesome support working the community site.

[sjferguson]

Thought I'd throw this in even though it's been open for a while - have you tried the lookup using a collection variable to hold the result and then referencing that variable in a build string? (could be an extraneous : though). That has parsed through uncast data for me before without throwing a tantrum.

I found this by emailing myself the collection variable when testing a workflow a while ago