Overview
The Send Message activity calls the Microsoft Graph CreateChatMessage or CreateChatMessage - in a channel API to send a message (Body, BodyType, Importance, Subject) to a specified chat (ChatId) or channel (ChannelId) and team (TeamID).
After sending the message, the activity outputs the id of the sent message (MessageId) as a String
that you can use as in input variable in subsequent activities (e.g., Get Message Replies, Get Message, etc.).
How it works
The following steps and message sequence diagram is an example how the activity works from design time (i.e., the activity dependencies and input/output properties) to run time.
- Complete the Setup steps.
- Add the Microsoft Teams Scope activity to your project.
- Complete one of the following two options (A or B):
A. Add an activity or run an external process that outputs aChat.Id
value (e.g., Get Chats).
B. Add an activity or run an external process that outputs aTeam.Id
value (e.g.,Get Teams) AND an activity or external process that outputs aChannel.Id
value (e.g., Get Channels). - Add the Send Message activity inside the Microsoft Teams Scope activity.
- Enter values for the Channel and Message properties.
- Create and enter a
String
variable for your Output property. - Run the activity.
- Your input property values are sent to the CreateChatMessage or CreateChatMessage - in a channel API.
- The API returns the
String
value to your output property variable.


Properties
The values for the following properties are specified when adding this activity to your project in UiPath Studio.


Common
DisplayName
The display name of the activity.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | Yes |
Default value | Send Message |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | N/A |
Channel
TeamId
The Id of the Team
object that contains the channel you want to send a message to.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | Yes |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | To get the |
ChannelId
The Id of the Channel
object that you want to send a message to.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | Yes |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | To get the |
Chat
ChatId
The Id of the Chat
object that you want to send the message to.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | Yes (if TeamId and ChannelId are empty) |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | To get the |
Message
Body
The message content that you to send.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | Yes |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | Enter your value according to the BodyType value ( BodyType.Text or BodyType.Html). |
BodyType
The type of content that you want to send in your Body.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | No |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | Enter one of the following two accepted values: |
Importance
The importance of the reply message.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | No |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | Enter one of the following three accepted values: |
Subject
The subject of the reply message.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | No |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | N/A |
Misc
Private
If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type | Checkbox |
Required | No |
Default value | Not Selected |
Allowed values | Selected or Not Selected |
Notes | N/A |
Output
MessageId
The id of the sent message.
Attributes | Details |
---|---|
Type |
|
Required | No (required if you plan to use the output data in subsequent activities) |
Default value | Empty |
Allowed values | Enter a |
Notes | The variable you create for this property can be used as an input variable in subsequent activities (e.g., Get Message Replies, Get Message, etc.). |
Example
The following image shows an example of the activity dependency relationship and input/output property values.
For step-by-step instructions and examples, see the Quickstart guides.


Updated 5 months ago