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Unable to get data to show in Adaptive Card FactSet

I am trying to create an adaptive card with a fact set. However, I can't seem to get the actual facts to display. Even the example at https://adaptivecards.io/designer/ is not working. Instead of pulling in the data from the properties element as specified, it just shows ${key} and ${value} as the pair. You can see the output and the full JSON at the link above, but here are the relevant sections for my issue/query:

Adaptive card specification

       {
            "type": "FactSet",
            "facts": [
                {
                    "$data": "${properties}",
                    "title": "${key}:",
                    "value": "${value}"
                }
            ]
        }

Data object

    "properties": [
        {
            "key": "Board",
            "value": "Adaptive Cards"
        },
        {
            "key": "List",
            "value": "Backlog"
        },
        {
            "key": "Assigned to",
            "value": "Matt Hidinger"
        },
        {
            "key": "Due date",
            "value": "Not set"
        }
    ]
Solution

  • As this or similar questions came up multiple times recently. You have to make sure to use the "Preview" button

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    Elements bound to any array in JSON are not rendered during design time or only when the specific array element is referenced with array[x].xx. Dynamically generated elements currently are only rendered in preview mode when working in the web editor version https://adaptivecards.io/designer

    If you need a design time experience for array bound elements you can use Adaptive Cards Studio the Visual Studio Code Extension for card authoring.