It’s Friday, and you know what that means—it’s time for a Friday Fact! Today, it’s going to be a completely different Friday fact than we are used to, but it’s still very true and valuable.
Do you know that it’ i’s possible to use/reference App Settings inside your Logic Apps actions? You can!
📝 One-Minute Brief
In Logic Apps Standard, you can reference App Settings (environment variables) directly inside your workflows using the @appsetting() expression. This allows you to externalize configuration values such as connection strings, feature flags, and API endpoints without hardcoding them in the workflow definition — improving maintainability, security, and environment portability.
To accomplish that, you just need to:
- In the action fields, go to the expression editor and just enter:
appsetting('MyAppSetting')
- Click Add or Update, and you’ll have an expression that consumes your app setting.
- Make sure the key/value pair exists in your local.settings.json or in the Azure Logic App App Settings.
Conclusion
Although the appsetting() expression does not show in the expression editor as a valid expression to be used, we can still use it to reference an App Setting in our Logic App actions.
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