Format List

Format List renders every item with a row template, joins the rows, and returns one text value.

When to use it

Use it for one email containing many order lines, a readable digest, or a comma-separated list for an API.

Settings

Setting	What it does
List to format	Chooses a list from any earlier step. Test the source step first if no list appears.
Row template	Defines one row with flow tags such as {{ item.name }} or {{ item.3 }}.
Separator	Joins the rows. Defaults to \n (a new line); \t becomes a tab, and other text is used literally.

When the list comes from Get Entries and every entry is from one form, Insert flow tag → Current item lists that form’s fields by label, such as Email or Name · First, so you don’t need to look up field IDs. That works when Get Entries’ Form source is a specific form or left automatic. If it’s a flow tag, or you entered specific Entry IDs, the menu shows field IDs once you’ve tested Get Entries.

Output and branches

Format List has one output path and provides:

Flow tag	Value
{{ "Format List".text }}	The joined text.
{{ "Format List".count }}	The number of input items.

An empty list returns an empty string and count 0.

Good-to-knows

• New lines are collapsed in HTML email. Use <br> as the separator or send plain text.
• With Get Entries, set Return to Full entries.
• Inside a For Each iteration, {{ item.* }} in the row template refers to Format List’s row item, not the outer iteration’s item.

Example

For items with name and qty, use this row template:

{{ item.name }} × {{ item.qty }}

Set the separator to \n. Three items become one three-line string that you can insert with {{ "Format List".text }}.

For the Get Entries list below, the product name is stored in field 3 and Quantity is field 4, so the row template is {{ item.3 }} × {{ item.4 }}. The quick test produces three real lines—Pencil × 1, Pen × 3, and Notebook × 2—with an item count of 3.