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In power automate, not able to map contact lookup

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I am creating the power automate to create the case. One the case entity contact look up is the mandatory field. When I am trying assign value to the contact look up I am getting error as invalid lookup value.

1) I tried with entity name also

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2) Without entity name also

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3) Error I am getting

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  • Shahabaj Khan Profile Picture
    Shahabaj Khan 15 on at
    RE: In power automate, not able to map contact lookup

    No, it is not solving the problem. Perhaps I could able to find the solution. I used lookup entity plural name and in bracket I passed the contact guid and its working.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: In power automate, not able to map contact lookup

    Hi Partner,

    Has the problem been solved? Any updates?

    Please click Yes under "Did this answer your question?" to close this thread.

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    Thanks!

    Regards,

    Leah Ju

    Please mark as verified if the answer is helpful. Welcome to join hot discussions in Dynamics 365 Forums.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: In power automate, not able to map contact lookup

    Hi Partner,

    Has the problem been solved? Any updates?

    Please click Yes under "Did this answer your question?" to close this thread.

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    Thanks!

    Regards,

    Leah Ju

    Please mark as verified if the answer is helpful. Welcome to join hot discussions in Dynamics 365 Forums.

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    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: In power automate, not able to map contact lookup

    Hi Shahabaj,

    1.I notice that one field ‘Contact type’ field is not filled, which result in error “Invalid lookup_type value”.

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    2.so you need do like following shown, then the flow will run successfully.

       Fill contact filed with entity name and select ‘contacts’ as value of contact type:

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    3.Case is created automatically successfully.

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    Regards,

    Leah Ju

    Please mark as verified if the answer is helpful. Welcome to join hot discussions in Dynamics 365 Forums.

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