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An unexpected exception encountered when evaluating branching condition

By Vijendra Rawat, Power Automate Consultant October 3, 2023 1 min read

What to do when you encounter following error.

Cloud Flow Error “An unexpected exception encountered when evaluating branching condition”

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Solution :-

You will have to change the format of Switch’ Condition.

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In my case I have used the Int expression and converted text in Integer format and it worked.

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My flow ran successfully.

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