Merge "dynamic content" and "expressions" #955
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I've been developing logic apps for production systems for about 2 years now. I find there's no real difference between "dynamic content" and "expressions". Both can be used to get outputs from previous actions by searching. Both can create the exact same json output. The only functional differences are:
In my opinion, 2. is a real pain. Often I will enter an expression (which is just something like
body('action_name')
and it gets converted to dynamic content, so I can't come back and edit it later. This is a problem because some dynamic content can be complex, such asbody('action_name')?['property']?[0]?['another_property']
. I may realise I need to changeanother_property
toanother_property2
, but I can't because it's not editable. I have to recreate the whole path again. It's not possible to use the search feature to do this for two reasons:So in my opinion they're basically the same thing, but you're hampered because the editor decides that you can't edit one type of expression. It would be much easier if they both just became "expressions", which already includes dynamic content, and is always editable.
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