Populate Word Document

Overview

The 'Populate Word Document' Power Automate action enables you to populate a word document (DOCX) with data derived from a JSON document.

Example Flows

Please refer to the following example solutions:

• Populate a Word or PDF Document using Power Automate V2
• Add SharePoint List Item Data to a Document
• Mail Merge a Word Document with a Microsoft Forms Response

Populate Word Document Syntax

Please refer to these articles providing detailed guidance and examples for configuring the input word document and JSON document (data): Template Syntax for Populate Word Document

Default Parameters

The default 'Populate Word Document' flow action parameters are detailed below:

• File Content: The Microsoft Word Document (DOCX) to populate.
• Document Data: The JSON data to populate the document with.

Please refer to the Obtaining the 'File Contents' Parameter article for guidance on how to obtain a 'File Content' parameter ready to provide to an Encodian flow action.

Advanced Parameters

The advanced 'Populate Word Document' Power Automate action parameters are detailed below:

• JSON Parse Mode: Sets the JSON parsing mode for simple values (null, boolean, number, integer, and string).
  • Standard: JSON simple values are determined upon parsing of their string representations. For example, '{ "example": "69" }' is determined as an integer in this mode.
  • Strict: JSON simple values are determined directly from the JSON notation. For example, '{ "example": "69" }' is determined as an string in this mode.
• Allow Missing Values: Sets the engine to allow missing values within the 'Document Data'
• Remove Empty Paragraphs: Sets the engine to automatically removes any empty paragraphs upon execution
• Inline Errors: Produces errors within the resultant document as opposed to rejecting the request with a HTTP 4** error
• Date Time Formats: Set one or more specfic formats for parsing DateTime values.
• Culture Name: This setting is used to set the culture for the document prior to conversion. Please refer to the Culture Names article for a list of supported cultures
• Time Zone: Set a specific time zone for date and time processing.

Return Parameters

The 'Populate Word Document' flow action returns the following data. 

Action Specific Return Values

• File Content - The populated word document (Base64)

Standard Return Values

• OperationId - The unique ID assigned to this operation.
• HttpStatusCode - The HTTP Status code for the response.
• HttpStatusMessage - The HTTP Status message for the response.
• Errors - An array of error messages should an error occur.
• Operation Status - Indicates whether the operation has completed, has been queued or has failed.