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I have a comma separated string of email addresses which can be any number of addresses, and I want to:

  1. For each of them get the user id by Email
  2. Use the id for each and make an @mention for each of them in the same slack message and send to slack.

I’m not sure if this is possible without being extremely hacky.  I have this working for one user, but can’t seem to find how to add for multiple users.  Anyone have any thoughts?  Thanks

Hi @randyperrone 

Good question.

To loop thru the list you can use the Looping app: https://zapier.com/apps/looping/help

You may need to use Storage to aggregate all the @mentions: https://zapier.com/apps/storage/help

Hi @randyperrone 

Good question.

To loop thru the list you can use the Looping app: https://zapier.com/apps/looping/help

You may need to use Storage to aggregate all the @mentions: https://zapier.com/apps/storage/help

Thanks for your reply! I think the biggest issue is getting the message correct to send to slack once I have all of the id’s ready.  I’m using Send Channel Message in Slack and I know slack mentions are formatted as such <@id> but how to add in any number of those in the text box one after another?  Thanks again!

@randyperrone 

We’d need more context about how your Zap steps are configured in order to evaluate and advise, thanks.

Please provide screenshots.

I can’t share the screenshots due to privacy.  I guess more precisely what I’m asking is if there is a way to loop through line items or comma separated text and add text to it.  So say I have apple, orange, pear and want it to loop through and add <@ at the beginning and > at the end so it looks like: <@apple>, <@orange>, <@pear> is that possible?  That would solve the issue.  Thanks!  

@randyperrone 

You can redact sensitive info in screenshots if needed.

 

Try using Formatter > Utilities > Line Items to Text

 

A Code step can be used:

 

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