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LIGHTNING TOOLS ACTIONS RELEASE NOTES

3.10.0.0 (March 6, 2026)

New Actions

• Added Insert Rich Text to PDF action
• Added Insert image to PDF action
• Added Set folder color action (SharePoint Online)
• Added Hide message action
• Added Create task action (SharePoint Online). Requires the Tasks.ReadWrite.All Graph API permission to be approved.

Other updates

• Added Authorization options to Start Power Automate / Azure Function action (SharePoint online)
• Added support for using LoginName in To, CC, Bcc fields in Send email action (SharePoint online)
• Added ‘IsSent’ output parameter to Send email action (SharePoint online)
• Added supporting .doc, .xls, .ppt file types in Convert to PDF premium action (SharePoint online)
• Added ‘Content Type’ option to the Create new folder action
• Added ‘MessageId’ output parameter to Show message action
• Improved Get items action with an option ‘Use dynamic url to the target SharePoint list’, allowing dynamic setting of the list URL for item operations
• Improved performance evaluation of [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘GroupName’, false)]] placeholder if the target SharePoint group is not available
• Improved [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘SharePoint group name’)]] placeholder, by checking nested AD groups by default if ‘Who can view the membership of the group’ option is set to ‘Group members’ (SharePoint Server 2019 / SE)
• Fixed Send email action execution when ‘Send as text’ option is enabled
• Fixed action outputs: Cc and Bcc for the Send email action (SharePoint online)
• Fixed [[html]] placeholder execution in Generate document action when html contains content inserted from other source (e.g., from Excel file)
• Fixed evaluation of the [[html]] placeholder with bullet points in Generate document action
• Fixed ‘Convert to PDF’ action for recently edited documents (SharePoint online)
• Fixed error ‘Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘file’)’ for ‘Merge Word documents’ action

3.9.1.0 (September 9, 2025)

• Support Microsoft CDN URL change to public-cdn.
• Fixed an issue with the Convert to PDF action when using a .doc file rather than .docx

3.9.0.0 (August 2025)

• Send internal email action retirement notification/migration (SharePoint online only – due to Microsoft retirement of Send Mail API)
• Added support for version history in Automation Actions on the list view and modern pages. You can now view and restore previous versions.
• Added the ability to reorder command bar actions using drag & drop
• Added expression configuration for action display names (SharePoint online)
• Improved Add list item, Update item and Delete item actions with an option ‘Use dynamic url to the target SharePoint list’, allowing dynamic setting of the list URL for item operations
• Improved ‘Convert to PDF’ action to support saving converted file to a different site collection
• Various fixes

3.8.0.0 (April 2025)

• Added support for SharePoint 2019/SE modern lists.

3.7.0.0 (October 2024)

• New actions:
  • Start Power Automate Flow
  • Add site to favorite
  • Create shared link
• Added function placeholders [[@Functions.GetFirstValueForQuery()]], [[@Functions.GetValuesForQuery()]], [[@Functions.QueryList()]] that allows you to create queries over cross-site collections.
• Integrated Automation Actions with the new Modern UI experience in SharePoint lists
• Fixed an issue where the sub action menu did not disappear after clicking on it
• The Reload action on the list view now refreshes the entire browser window
• Fixed [[SelectedItems.ID]] placeholder evaluation during actions execution when no item is selected
• Fixed an error in edit mode when multiple controls are added to the page
• Fixed Azure AD token issue for [[@User.IsMemberOfAADGroup(”)]] placeholder in Microsoft Teams private tab when Sign-In frequency is activated in Conditional Access policy in Azure tenant
• Fixed image placeholder evaluation inside loop of Generate document template
• Fixed server-relative URL for links and images for the case if using in Send email action
• Fixed rendering of List Actions in the Microsoft Teams
• Fixed links for Name (LinkFilename) column value when using HtmlTable output of Get items action
• Fixed Send email action for the case if body of the email is empty
• Fixed referencing .js files in Execute script action

3.6.0.0 (May 2024)

• New actions:
  • Convert to PDF (premium with Document Generator)
  • Scope: useful for error handling
  • Merge Word documents (premium with Document Generator)
• Debug mode in Action Builder
• Ability to use the CAML Builder to insert CAML query/query functions in the Expression Builder
• [[@User.HasPermission….]] placeholders under the User section of the Context tab in the Expression Builder
• New parameter in the IsMemberOfGroup placeholder [[@User.IsMemberOfGroup(‘Type existing SharePoint group name’, checkNestedAzureADGroups)]], which checks whether the current user belongs to the SharePoint group or belongs to the SharePoint group as a member of a nested security AD group (SharePoint online only)
• New [[@Loop.CurrentIndex]] and [[@Loop.Count]] placeholders available for Document Generator templates
• Fixed displaying list actions for document libraries in the Microsoft Teams
• Fixed action execution for the Selected items context when redirecting to the list from the Home page using the left navigation and the Reload action is used

3.4.1.0 (February 2023)

• Fixed threshold error during saving the generated document to the library with more than 5k items
• Improved error handling in ‘Generate document’ action
• Fixed <ViewFields> parameter in CAML query for multiple items configuration in ‘Generate document’ action
• Fixed opening .docx file for the case if ‘Show all items without folders’ option is enabled on the view

3.4.0.0 (November 2022)

• Improved Expression builder by showing all available placeholders
• Removed caching for [[@Page.GetQueryString(‘Type query string parameter name’)]] placeholder evaluation
• Improved [[@SelectedItems]] placeholder for the case if no items selected (returns empty array)
• Fixed ‘Reload’ action execution on grouped modern list view
• Support of links in the document template of ‘Generate document’ action

The following format is supported:

[[link ([[Hyperlink]])]]
[[link ([[Hyperlink.Url]], [[Hyperlink.Description]])]]
[[link (url=[[Hyperlink.Url]], text=’linktext’)]]

For versions prior to 3.4.0.0, please email [email protected]

3.3.0.1 (October 2022)

• Licensing Fix

3.3.0.0 (May 2022)

• New Send Email Action
• New Copy Document Action
• Updated Document Generator Premium Action