Hi James,
I think you necessarily do not even require the step where you set the collection value to a data item. You can always directly use the expression as [Selected Items.Column Name] as it is always going to reference the first row only at any given point of time. Also, the reason they have this activity I think is because at times we do multi select drop-downs as well and in such cases if you want to get all the elements properly you need a collection rather than a data item.
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Devneet Mohanty
Intelligent Process Automation Consultant | Technical Business Analyst,
WonderBotz India Pvt. Ltd.
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