Power Automate Apply to each loop – Error Description
Examples of Power Automate loop failed error
evaluation of ‘foreach’ expression ‘@items(‘Apply_to_each’)’ is of type ‘Object’. The result must be a valid array.
or
evaluation of ‘foreach’ expression ‘@outputs(‘Get_items’)?[‘body’]’ is of type ‘Object’. The result must be a valid array.
or
it can be something else depending upon your configuration.
Cause of the issue
This can happen unexpectedly or by mistake, but mostly occurs if you have modified anything inside the loop.
The real cause of this issue is due to passing wrong value in apply to each loop. Power Automate ‘Apply_to_each’ loop requires an array of items and cannot work on Objects or any other data. So if you pass any other value than an error then the flow will fail.
In the above error, it seems that the passed value is an object and not an array. To fix this issue, pass the value parameter instead of the body parameter.
Reproduce: power automate loop error
Step 1: To reproduce the issue, create a new flow as shown below.
Step 2: Add body instead of value
In the Apply to each block add the ‘body’ parameter instead of ‘value’
Step 3: Run the flow
If you now save and run the flow, you should see the same error as displayed in the beginning.
Resolution: power automate loop error
To resolve the issue, as informed earlier, just change the parameter to ‘value’ instead of ‘body’. This should fix the issue. Now this will not work if you are using your own array and custom data. In that case you need to make sure that the correct array ‘value’ is passed.
Run the flow and the apply to each should work correctly
Thank you, I hope this post has helped you to understand why power automate loop error happens and how to avoid it.
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