Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel

Use the Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to post a message to a channel In the context of Microsoft Teams, a channel can be defined as a category-based collaboration space inside a team created for a specific purpose. you specify.

For example, you want to notify team members every time a customer submits an online order form. You can configure the workflow to start when a user submits a Nintex - Form and then use the data entered in the form as part of the message you create in the Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action.

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Configure the Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action

1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

2. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
3. Type the Team that the channel belongs to, or insert a variable in the Team field.

4. Type the Channel to post to, or insert a variable in the Channel field.
5. Select a Format type of your message.
6. Write your Message to post. You can insert variables. Actual values of the variables appear in the message posted to the channel.
7. In Output, assign a variable to hold the ID of the new message. You can use this ID later in your workflow to reference the new message.
Sample configuration of the Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action

Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action fields, buttons, and settings

Section	Field	Description	Variable types
	Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.	The Microsoft Teams connection to use for posting a message to a channel.	(n/a)
	Team	The team that will receive the message. Note: Team drop-down list displays a maximum of up to 999 teams. If you want to select a team that is not in the list, you need to insert a variable in the Team field.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Channel	The channel in a team where the message will be posted.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Message	Format type	The format of your message: HTML or Text. <script> tags cannot be included in HTML-based messages. If <script> tags exist in the message content of the Microsoft Teams - Post to a channel action, the workflow will fail during execution.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
	Message to post	The message content to post into the channel. You can insert variables. Actual values of the variables appear in the message posted to the channel.	Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output	Output	Stores the result of the action in an object with the following variable: Store tab ID: Text variable to store the unique ID that is generated to identify the new message. You can use this ID later in your workflow to reference the new message.	Text