Bing Maps - Get location by query

Use the Bing Maps - Get location by query action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to retrieve one or more location resources, each resource containing information about a location. "Space Needle" (a landmark) and "1 Microsoft Way Redmond WA" (an address) are examples of query strings with location information.

For more information about the Bing Maps connector, go to Bing Maps.

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Configure the Bing Maps - Get location by query 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.
  1. Specify the Query string for the landmark or address you want to retrieve information for.

Bing Maps - Get location by query action fields and settings

Section Field Description Variable types

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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 Bing Maps connection used to access Bing Maps.

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Query

A string that contains information about a location, such as an address or landmark name. For example, "White House" or " 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC".

Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
  Results returned A string that contains an integer between 1 and 20. The default value is 5. Integer
Output Location

Stores the result of the action as an object. See Bing Maps: find location by query for information on these values.

The following values are returned:

  • Brand logo URL: (Text)
  • Copyright: (Text)
  • Status code: (Integer)
  • Status description: (Text)
  • Trace ID: (Text)
  • Result sets: (Collection)
    • Number of results: (Integer)
    • Results: (Collection)
      • Bounding box area: (Collection)
      • Name: (Text)
      • Address: (Object)
        • Address line: (Text)
        • Province or state: (Text)
        • County or municipality: (Text)
        • Country: (Text)
        • Formatted address: (Text)
        • City or town: (Text)
        • Postal code: (Text)
      • Confidence: (Text)
      • Entity type: (Text)
      • Geocode: (Collection)
        • Type: (Text)
        • Coordinates: (Collection)
        • Calculation method: (Text)
        • Usage types: (Collection)
      • Match codes: (Collection)
 Object