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@mention Post From Flow Does Not Work

When using Flow to post a message to a Team channel, the @mention does not trigger a notification. The text of the message is simply the "@mention" that was typed. Please enable a text recognition of @mention to enable the notification as though it were being typed directly in Teams.

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  • Ruben commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I had the same challenge today. I found that there's an action for it named "Get @mention token for a user".

    All I had to do was add this action right before the "Post a message (V3)" action, feed it the user e-mail and then in the Teams message, add new "@mention" from the dynamic content list.

    Screenshot attached, I hope it helps someone.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add this feature! Flowbot to post a message, or adaptive cards do NOT ideal solution!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This works as long as you use the Post a message as a flow bot to a channel.

    I construct a variable with the email address of a user in a message sent to teams via O365 connector (a MessageCard).

    I then wrap that variable with <html><at>the email variable</at></html> and then use that new variable in the Flow bot post node and mentions are sent.

  • Nicholas Antonelli commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The feature could be very useful for organizations adopting Office 365 in order to digitalize processes and Teams as the only business tool for communication and use of multimedia content.

  • Drew Johnson commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please allow for a Flow to "@mention" someone and/or a team.

    This is crucial during times like this, and most everyone working remote.

  • G commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add the possibility to do this! It is annoying that it's not possible.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Being able to @ mention a Channel or entire Team would be incredibly useful in 2 projects I have on going. The flow integration is good, it's a shame it's let down by not being able to notify the entire Team in a highly visible way.

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