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Reference the current item in a repeat loop

Waldy — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:26:46 GMT

For some reason I just cannot get the current item from a repeat loop. In the job history, you can see a data pill called Item with the content that I want to extract, but I just cannot refer to that in an action within the loop.

Re: Reference the current item in a repeat loop

Waldy — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:05:36 GMT

Within the loop branch action, I can only see Index, Size, Is first and Is last data pills

The Foreach output looks like this in the job history:

{
Index: 0,
Is first: true,
Is last: false,
Item:
{
value: CN=o365_Office365_E5,OU=Office 365 Licensing,OU=Groups,OU=Common,OU=Enterprise,OU=xxx,DC=xxx,DC=xxx
}
}

Re: Reference the current item in a repeat loop

rharkness — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:10:15 GMT

What are you using as you input list when defining the For Each Repeat? Because when I use a data pill that is a list object, I can see this when I am trying to select an item from the current data item in the loop. Step 22 represents the For Each Loop and those are all the data pills from inside that item I can select

Re: Reference the current item in a repeat loop

Waldy — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:23:37 GMT

I create a variable, set it as a List type. I then update the variable and set the contents from a split string:

In the For Each I reference the List variable:

Then I try to reference the current item in the loop branch:

But there is no data pill to reference.

I got there in the end. I had to use the List variable with the Index data pill:

Re: Reference the current item in a repeat loop

gary1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:22:27 GMT

Sorry I'm late to the party, but as you discovered the for each loop doesn't handle primitive arrays very well. That way you solved it is probably the most efficient way in terms of task usage.