Are those feature feasible about "Power Automate" used in Teams chat ?

Question

Hi all,

I have some functions to implement but not sure if they are feasible about "Power Automate" used in Teams chat.

Using REST API to trigger the power automate flow and during the process, adaptive cards will be issued to different recipients and the information filled in by the recipients on the cards will be obtained.

• Can Automate dynamically (NOT static) set the layout of adaptive card via Graph API ?
• Will an adaptive card with input text leave a record in the chat history after the recipient fills in the information ? If there is no record of the conversation, is there any way to obtain the information filled in by the recipient ?

Please help reply, sincerely thanks.

Answer 1

You can trigger a Power Automate flow using a REST API. This can be done by creating an HTTP-triggered flow in Power Automate.

• Go to Power Automate and create a new flow.
• Choose "Instant cloud flow" and select "When an HTTP request is received" as the trigger.
• This will generate a URL that you can use to trigger the flow via a REST API call.

Dynamically setting the layout of adaptive card via Graph API using Power Automate doesn't seem to be feasible.

To capture the user's response when they interact with an Adaptive Card in Power Automate, you can use the "Wait for a response" action. This action allows you to pause the flow until the user submits their response. For more details refer below documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/create-adaptive-cards
Ref: https://pnp.github.io/blog/post/dynamic-use-of-adaptive-cards/

Thanks, 

Prasad Das

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Answer 2

Hi @Yu-Kai Chiu (邱郁凱)

Power Automate allows you to post adaptive cards to Teams, but the layout of these cards is typically defined using JSON.

While you can dynamically generate this JSON within your flow, directly setting the layout dynamically via the Graph API isn't a standard feature. You would need to construct the JSON payload dynamically within your Power Automate flow based on your requirements.

When a recipient fills in an adaptive card with input text, the card itself does not leave a record in the chat history. However, the responses can be captured and stored within your Power Automate flow.

You can use actions like "Post an adaptive card and wait for a response" to capture the input and then store it in a data source of your choice.

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