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The Update
element is used to extract data from an event and import it into the related BAM activity.
To use the Update
element, you must provide both a column name and type and an Expression element containing one or more Operation elements that evaluate to a single string value.
<ic:Update DataItemName="Name" Type="Type">
<ic:Expression>
<!-- one or more Operation elements -->
</ic:Expression>
</ic:Update>
Attribute name | Description |
---|---|
ColumnName | BAM activity checkpoint name. This is the checkpoint that will be updated with the extracted data. |
Type | BAM data type of the checkpoint; must be one of the following: - NVARCHAR - DATETIME - INT - FLOAT |
The following operations are not supported in the Update
expression:
And
Equals
In the following example, the GetContextProperty WF operation is used to retrieve the EventTime property. This value will be stored as a DATETIME type for the "StartOrderProcessing" data item for the BAM activity.
<ic:Update DataItemName="StartOrderProcessing" Type="DATETIME">
<ic:Expression>
<wf:Operation Name="GetContextProperty">
<wf:Argument>EventTime</wf:Argument>
</wf:Operation>
</ic:Expression>
</ic:Update>
Training
Module
Introduction to expressions in Power Automate - Training
Learn how to write expressions in Power Automate.