Issue with Jira Automation to Teams - "... property 'sections' doesn't exist"

[Abigail Lilley]

I followed the steps in this article (link) but the automation is failing at the third step. With the error: 

• Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Post_card_in_a_chat_or_channel' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'The template language expression 'body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][0]['activityTitle']' cannot be evaluated because property 'sections' doesn't exist, available properties are 'attachments, type'. Please see https://aka.ms/logicexpressions for usage details.'.

I can see in the input/output of the Parse JSON step that nothing seems to change, hence the property 'sections' doesn't appear despite being in the schema. How do I make this work??

Error response:

Here are screenshots of the full workflow in Teams:

Parse JSON:

The JSON Schema:

• {

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {

  "summary": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "attatchments": {

  "type": "array",

  "items": {

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {

  "activityTitle": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "activitySubtitle": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "activityImage": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "activityText": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "facts": {

  "type": "array",

  "items": {

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {

  "name": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "value": {

  "type": "string"

  }

  },

  "required": [

  "name",

  "value"

  ]

  }

  }

  },

  "required": [

  "activityTitle"

  ]

  }

  },

  "potentialAction": {

  "type": "array",

  "items": {

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {

  "name": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "targets": {

  "type": "array",

  "items": {

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {

  "uri": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "os": {

  "type": "string"

  }

  },

  "required": [

  "uri",

  "os"

  ]

  }

  },

  "@@type": {

  "type": "string"

  }

  },

  "required": [

  "name",

  "targets",

  "@@type"

  ]

  }

  },

  "themeColor": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "@@context": {

  "type": "string"

  },

  "@@type": {

  "type": "string"

  }

  }

  }

Post a card in chat or channel:

The JSON schema:

• {
  "type": "AdaptiveCard",
  "body": [
  {
  "type": "ColumnSet",
  "columns": [
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "weight": "Bolder",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][0]['activityTitle']}",
  "wrap": true
  }
  ],
  "width": "stretch"
  }
  ]
  },
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][0]['activityText']}",
  "wrap": true
  },
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "weight": "Bolder",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['activityTitle']}",
  "wrap": true
  },
  {
  "type": "ColumnSet",
  "columns": [
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "weight": "Bolder",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][0]['name']}",
  "wrap": true
  }
  ],
  "width": "auto"
  },
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "width": "auto",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "RichTextBlock",
  "horizontalAlignment": "Right",
  "inlines": [
  {
  "type": "TextRun",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][0]['value']}"
  }
  ]
  }
  ],
  "verticalContentAlignment": "Center"
  }
  ]
  },
  {
  "type": "ColumnSet",
  "columns": [
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "weight": "Bolder",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][1]['name']}",
  "wrap": true
  }
  ],
  "width": "auto"
  },
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "width": "auto",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "RichTextBlock",
  "horizontalAlignment": "Right",
  "inlines": [
  {
  "type": "TextRun",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][1]['value']}"
  }
  ]
  }
  ],
  "verticalContentAlignment": "Center"
  }
  ]
  },
  {
  "type": "ColumnSet",
  "columns": [
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "TextBlock",
  "weight": "Bolder",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][2]['name']}",
  "wrap": true
  }
  ],
  "width": "auto"
  },
  {
  "type": "Column",
  "width": "auto",
  "items": [
  {
  "type": "RichTextBlock",
  "horizontalAlignment": "Right",
  "inlines": [
  {
  "type": "TextRun",
  "text": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['sections'][1]['facts'][2]['value']}"
  }
  ]
  }
  ],
  "verticalContentAlignment": "Center"
  }
  ]
  }
  ],
  "actions": [
  {
  "type": "Action.OpenUrl",
  "title": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['potentialAction'][0]['name']}",
  "url": "@{body('Parse_JSON')['potentialAction'][0]['targets'][0]['uri']}"
  }
  ],
  "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json",
  "version": "1.6"
  }

And the Automation in Jira for good measure:


I'm not sure what else to do, as it appears the information needed just isn't being sent through?

Thanks for any help!

[Shawn Doyle - ReleaseTEAM]

Hi @Abigail Lilley 

The link you used is for Datacenter, which probably still has sections in the JSON, not really sure as I can't test it from where I am today.  

I'd suggest going thru the Cloud instructions for setting up this integration. Integrate Jira Cloud with Microsoft Teams | Jira Cloud | Atlassian Support