Using the For each channel in a team iterator
- Updated: 2025/08/21
Use the For each channel in a team iterator to automate tasks by looping through all channels within a specified Microsoft Teams team. This enables you to perform actions like reading channel information or posting messages on each channel individually. This facilitates efficient task automation across multiple channels within a single team.
Procedure
- Double-click or drag the Loop action from the Loop package in the Actions palette.
- Select the For each channel in a team option from the Iterator list.
- Use the Session name field to select one of the following
options:
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Connect
action.
(Optional) Click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable that you have used to store the default session name.
- Variable: Enter the name of the variable that you have used to store the session name.
- Session name: Enter the name of the session used
to open the presentation with the Connect
action.
- Specify the Team to which the channel belongs using the following options:
- Team name: Specify the name of the Team.
- Team ID: Specify the Team ID.
- In the Assign channel details to variablefield, choose
either Multiple variables or Dictionary
variable to save the output:
- Multiple variables: Assigns each retrieved value
(for example, ID, name, description, email, and webURL) to a separate
variable enabling you to map each team detail to a specific variable. Do
following steps for each variable:
- Click Add variable mapping.
- Enter the Key of the variable.
- In the Map to variable field, choose a variable where the data will be saved.
- Click Add for this data to be saved to the configured variable.
- Dictionary: stores all values in a dictionary object with key-value pairs.
- Multiple variables: Assigns each retrieved value
(for example, ID, name, description, email, and webURL) to a separate
variable enabling you to map each team detail to a specific variable. Do
following steps for each variable: