Extract an item and/or its value from an array of collections

Greg Vonf @ Business Automated
2 min readApr 29, 2022

From an Array of Collections (Names, Emails, IDs), you can extract an item (Email) and/or extract the value of an item (a specific email) using functions.

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From an Array of Collections (Names, Emails, IDs), you can extract an item (Email) and/or extract the value of an item (a specific email) using functions. This can be useful when you need to work with data that is organized in a specific way, such as when extracting information from a list of customers or when dealing with complex data structures.

Step by step instructions:

  1. Add the “Array of Collections” trigger.
  2. Add the “Extract Item” action.
  3. In the “Array” field, select the “Array of Collections” trigger.
  4. In the “Item” field, select the “Email” field.
  5. In the “Index” field, select “0” to extract the first item in the array.
  6. Save and run the scenario.

Example of use case:

This scenario can be used to extract an email from an array of collections, for example to send a welcome email to new subscribers.

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Greg Vonf @ Business Automated

Greg is the founder of Business Automated, an agency helping small businesses streamline and simplify their processes. For more visit www.business-automated.com