Hi @HoneyBook Zaps 

Good question.

Make sure you have access to the Slack Channel.

You can try inputting the static value for the Slack Channel ID.

You can find the Slack Channel ID by right clicking on the Slack Channel in the left rail, then go to Copy.

Thanks @Troy Tessalone , I have access to the channel (it’s a public channel), and have also tried using it’s ID in the search, and still nothing…

I also tried adding the Zapier slack app to the channel.

Hi,@HoneyBook Zaps 

Same thing is going on.

@Troy Tessalone 

Please tell us the solution.

@HoneyBook Zaps and @Airi 

You can try inputting the static value for the Slack Channel ID.

@HoneyBook Zaps 

@Airi 

Likely related to the issues Slack is having per the Slack Status page: https://status.slack.com/

@Troy Tessalone 

Hi,Thank you,

You can try inputting the static value for the Slack Channel ID.

I tried,but hasn't been resolved

@Airi 

Please post screenshots with how your Slack step is configured in order for us to have proper context.

I’m also having this issue, can’t find the right slack channel either by searching the channel name or inputting the Channel ID.

@antoneliasson 

Try using the Custom option to input a static Slack Channel ID value.

@HoneyBook Zaps 　

@antoneliasson

Hello, I was able to solve,

I write  channel name in Search section, and  click many times  t Lead more ]  button . ( about 20times…. )

please let’s try.

thank you

Solved it by using Custom ID like @Troy Tessalone suggested. Thanks!

Clicking the Load more ~20 times worked!!

I’d suggest for completeness sake though to post how this can be done using the channel ID, because I tried the custom tab and couldn’t really figure out how to make it work. 
It looks like it only lets you choose the ID from the action variables. Just putting in the ID didn’t let me click the confirm button

@Airi Thanks for updating! 

Hello, I am having the same problem since Friday.

• I tried loading 20 times until Zapier doesn’t let me anymore
• I tried with the channel name and the channel id
• I tried with custom value but it doesn’t apply to my zap, since I need one channel which is not connected to the previous steps of the zap
  
  Any other ideas on how to solve this?

I’m having the same issue and the solution isn’t working for me

Hi folks!

Here are a couple of tips if you’re running into this issue….

As other members have mentioned, you can keep clicking Load more on the Channel dropdown to load more channels. This is because the dropdown can only load a certain number of channels at any one time. 

If that doesn’t work, or you have lots of channels and don’t want to click the Load more button over and over again (understandably!) you can use the Channel ID as a custom value. To find the channel ID, right click the name of the channel in Slack and select View channel details. 

That will open a window with the channel details and the channel ID is at the very bottom of that window:

Copy the channel ID and open the Zap editor. In the Create Message action, click on the channel field and select Custom. Then paste the ID into the Channel field - make sure that it’s in the Channel field (as shown below) and not in the search box, as that wont work. 

Once you add the text of your message, you’ll be able to finish setting up the step. 

If you’ve gone through these steps and are still having trouble, please get in touch with the Support Team using the Get Help form as they’ll be able to take a look at your Zap with you to get to the bottom of things. 

Thanks!

Hi, I’m having this exact problem but using the channel ID doesn’t work either. 

@Oda

Please post screenshots with how your Slack step is configured in order for us to have context, thanks.

Alright, so I’m trying to set up zap between slack and linear. The problem is that the slack channel dropdown doesn’t populate with several of the channels that should be available. I want it to populate with #shop-platform-recipes-content-editor (channel ID C04424H08BC), but it doesnt. The same goes for #shop-platform-recipes-fin (channel ID C03A3Q6KDPH). The last mentioned channel has been used in a similiar zap previously but has now dissapeared from the channel dropdown even though the similar zap is still running.
 

@Oda 

Since you know the Slack Channel IDs, you can use the ‘Custom’ option to set a static Channel ID value.

I'm having the same problem. Also, there is no ability to type the ID in the custom field because the field doesn't show up. 

Hi @trabajar 

Example of a static Slack Channel ID in the Channel field using the CUSTOM option.

I wanted to follow up on this old post, which is now locked.

I experienced the same problem, and it seems like it might be a UI bug.  No matter what I did, I could not get private Slack channels to populate in the dropdown menu.  When I clicked Custom, the screen showed options to add Zendesk fields (Zendesk is the trigger app), which makes no sense in the context of a Slack channel selector.  I recreated the Zap from scratch and got the same behavior.  It seems that clicking the Custom heading causes the wrong section to appear in the UI.  I think the options I’m seeing are ones that belong to the next step, which is Message Text.

Once I realized that the UI was broken, I tried typing the channel name directly into the dropdown field while the incorrect custom section was revealed.  While I could not see any channel names populating, something was working behind the scenes, because I was able to move forward with the Zap.  I confirmed that the correct private Slack channel is indeed connected and is working.

Looks like this is a UI bug, but directly typing in the Slack channel name can be used as a workaround.

Hi @MattZap 

Good question and thanks for sharing.

Yes this is a known issue and the workaround you figured out is documented in this related topic:

Hey there, @MattZap! Thanks so much for flagging this and sharing your workaround! We appreciate you taking that extra step. 

How recently were you experiencing this? The reason I ask is this is related to a known Slack bug however it appears to have been closed about 5 days ago.

If you’re still running into this could you please open a ticket and reference this thread? It could be worth digging into this a bit more! 

I hope you don’t mind I’m also going to merge this into the thread Troy referenced to keep everything together.