Change email for a user won't accept abitrary text

So on the Change email for another user, in the new email field, I can’t use a normal dynamic expression. I basically want to put in first.last.old@myapp’sdomain
I tried it in the workflow step and also tried to provide it as a parameter to the API workflow that this action is in. Neither works. Why?
In this screenshot, I can’t add regular text or another dynamic expression after I put the user’s first name in.

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Yeah, I remember struggling with that too. You can do the expression in a previous step, like when you pass it as a parameter to the back end or save it temporarily in the database to get it to work.

Super frustrating for sure, but there might be a good reason for it. :man_shrugging:

I actually think I figured it out. I haven’t tested it, but I used arbitrary text and then I could do an expression with multiple dynamic data and hard-coded text.
Thanks @J805

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Based on the title of the post I thought you had tried that already. :man_facepalming: Yeah, that is normally the way to do it. :blush: