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How to display first name in workflow email?
So for example, it returns the Firstname, lastname, phone details etc and also a combined fullname, among other things. You should be able to pull in any AD properties you require. I too was getting the issue with Display Name showing “Lastname, FirstName” and found it undesirable in messaging.
More… Sending an email when a list item was added in some versions of SharePoint requires many steps, whose details follow. However, if you are using the most current version of SharePoint, you can add a flow directly from your list.
How to change the email address in a flow?
@Soko19 – The “From” email address that Flow emails use is tied to the connection used with the “Send an Email” action. There is no way to dynamically change the email connection in a Flow.
How to send email from user who creates list?
If your Flow is a manually initiated Instant Flow, it can use the connections of the person that initiated the Flow to get the right user and permissions to be recognized for that From (send as) field. In my scenario, I made a PowerApp based on a SharePoint list and made a Flow triggered by creation of a new list item.
To do that, you add a “send email” action to the workflow, and select the desired people picker field in the email’s “To” field, formatted as an email address. To add a “Dear Someone” greeting to the email, you can select the same field and choose one of the following display options:
How to display a first name in an email?
To add a “Dear Someone” greeting to the email, you can select the same field and choose one of the following display options: The logical option is display name, but the default formatting for that choice is “last name, first name”.
How to get email address from SharePoint list?
To find your column name (mine above was Dept_x0020_Manager), go to the list settings in List 2 and click on your “Dept Manager” column. Then look at the end of your URL and you’ll see it following “Field=”. Then create your email and fill in your variables. You don’t need to create the “Apply to each” piece.