The “Microsoft Teams Interactivity” action integrates the Blink Teams Bot (part of the Blink app) into your Microsoft Teams account, allowing you to perform common Microsoft Teams actions within your workflows. Messages from Blink to Microsoft Teams are sent through this bot.

The ‘Blink Bot’ is named Blink by default and displays the Blink logo.

This action allows you to send a personalized message to a user or channel. The message can include a variety of interactive components, such as date pickers, checkboxes, text inputs, multiple choice selections, and more. Use this action to gather all the necessary information in a single interaction, formatted to best suit the type of data you’re collecting.

To use the Microsoft Teams Interactivity -action, it is essential to use the Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards for building and previewing your messages before executing the step.

Please note that when designing a Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards, it must incorporate at least one input and on action.

The input options include:

  • Input.Text
  • Input.Date
  • Input.Time
  • Input.Number
  • Input.ChoiceSet
  • Input.Toggle

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Creating a Workflow using the Microsoft Teams Interactivity Action

1

Search for Blink in Microsoft Teams

Navigate to your Microsoft Teams application and click on the App icon in the left-hand sidebar. Then, type Blink into the search bar. Select the Blink option.

2

Copy the App Installation Link

Select and copy the link as illustrated in the image below:

3

Open the Installation Link in Your Browser

Paste the link into your web browser’s search bar and follow the provided instructions, making sure to complete all required information. Then return to the Blink App option you previously selected within the Microsoft Teams application, and click the Open button.

4

Receive Confirmation from Blink App

You will receive the following message from the Blink App, confirming that you have successfully integrated the Blink App with your Microsoft Teams:

1

Add Microsoft Interactivity Action to Workflow

In the Workflow Editor, click to open the inline action panel and search for “Microsoft Interactivity” action. Alternatively, you can drag the action to the step.

2

Enter Microsoft Interactivity Parameters

Within this step, enter the following parameters:

ParameterDescription
Send ToThe message’s destination: User Email, Chat or Channel
CardsArray of Cards composing the message. Must include one action and one input
Timeout in minutes (optional)Timeout in minutes for the recipient to respond.
Include user InfoCheck the box to include the
3

Create or Select Microsoft Teams Connection

Create a connection with Microsoft Teams by clicking Connection required in the top-right corner of your Step.

If you have already set up a Microsoft Teams connection, select one from the available options. Otherwise, create a new connection by selecting Microsoft Teams connection and following the steps outlined in the Microsoft Teams connection guideline.

Once done, click Create connection to proceed.

4

Run a Test Execution of the Step

Once these steps are completed, you can select the button to execute a trial run of the step or the ‘test run’ button to execute a test run of your Workflow.

5

Respond to Microsoft Teams Card

When this Workflow runs, the message will be sent to the selected destination in your Microsoft account. Users at the destination can engage with the card and submit their responses.

6

View Microsoft Teams Response in Workflow Output

You can then navigate back to your Workflow, where you will find the Microsoft Teams response in the output of your Workflow.