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How do I send a message to myself with PowerAutomate?


I am developing a PowerAutomate flow,

I want to use the function "post message in chat or channel", I can send messages to anyone in "one to one" private chats but not on the private chat i have with myself.

Has somebody found a way to message himself via power automate?

I can't create it as a "new chat" in PA because it says users cannot be duplicate.

Then i figured out i had to find the ID of the chat with myself. I tried using the microsoft graph api to retrieve the id from "me/chats" but the chat with myself is not shown. I tried many different filters and expansions with no success.

I also tried analyzing the id itself and discovered that, in the case of "one to one" chats, it's made of {the sender id} and {the receiver id}

I then tried constructing an id that contains 19:{myuserid}_{myuserid}@{domain} but it responds that there is no record.

I tried many combinations, thanks for the help.


Solution

  • Use the "Post message in a chat or channel"

    This value comes from opening Teams in the browser and copying a link to a message in a chat with myself.

    This is the result

    https://teams.microsoft.com/_#/**conversations/48:notes**?ctx=chat

    Also validated with a different account and the ID was the same.

    Here it is in action: Screenshot of Power Automate flow

    And here is a short demo of it in action:

    GIF of Power Automate flow running and posting message to Teams