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Microsoft Flow is a public cloud service to help individuals and teams to set up automated workflows.

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MS Flow stops working when I update the file in SharePoint

I have a MS Flow that updates a list in SharePoint from an Excel file that I manually upload. Whenever I upload a new file, the MS Flow stops working, see, inside the Excel file I have a table, that I ...
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Sharepoint list entry & flow

SharePoint list entry disappears after flow is completed. It is not going pass 'when an item is created'. SharePoint and list ID are correct. Checked the obvious. It has been running ok and after ...
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Get IDs of all List Items in a list and compare them to another List to sync deleted Items in SharePoint List

Using SharePoint Designer workflow or Flow how can I get IDs of all list items in a List and compare them to IDs of list items in another List so that we can sync the deleted items I am able to sync ...
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sharepoint button flow only runs for Owner

I have a button flow I've added to a SharePoint list. The button flow is triggered by a "manual trigger" action. It is a parent flow that calls a child flow via an http request. This ...
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How to create a SP List from a SP List template with Power Automate?

How can I create a Sharepoint list from a Sharepoint list template with Power Automate? This below is what I got so far. But how can I specify the list template?
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Questions about an article “how to create a flow in PA to change a value of column ”Modify by" in a SP List

I have an article that shows how to modify a value in the column "Modify By" of a SharePoint List with Power Automate. I have a question regarding about the flow: http://johnliu.net/blog/...
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how to send an approval in one flow and getting response in another flow

I have a scenario like I have to send approval of 30 documents at a time, but in my case I am sending an approval and waiting for that response to send an approval email for next document. So second ...
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Updating column entry for List folder based on column entries for Items in folder

I"m very new to both SharePoint & Flow, so I appreciate any help on this issue. There is probably a better way to accomplish this as well, so any other directions you could point me would be ...
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Trying to import an Excel table into an existing SharePoint List, but having difficulties

So I have a SharePoint List that contains a column that holds a special ID. Let's call it orderNumber. Then I have 2 other columns (lets call one Car and the other Color). Now, both these columns are ...
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Hyperlink column with with icon instead of text

I have a list with with a hyperlink column that contains a hyperlink to a folder associated with the list item. I created a Power Automate Flow that used the SharePoint connecter, "Send HTTP ...
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How can I create a power automate flow to delete folders in SharePoint with a certain size?

I am trying to find a way to create a flow that will delete folders in SharePoint but with a certain condition. I need the folders to be for example 10 KB or less in size. Can anyone help please?
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Using a Flow to Import Excel Data into an existing SharePoint list

So I have an existing SharePoint list which contains a column that holds a special ID. I have an excel sheet that has a column whose data is dependent on that ID. ex. If the Id is 1, then the ...
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Power Automate flow, creating list item via http request using more complex columns than single-line strings

Working on a Sharepoint/Power Automate situation that is causing some issues. I have an automation that copies multiple of a certain file type to a list for easier processing. The users upload a main ...
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Sharepoint List losing item level permissions after adding permissions are granted

I have multiple lists with specific item-level permissions. Two different kinds: The default "Users can only read/write items which they created" toggled on Specific item-level permissions ...
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select a line or Tuple of a List and insert itnto a to another List on Sharepoint

I have two lists. a Menu list with the attributes Date, Vegetarian, Carnivore, Salad and another list "Order". which allows you to order a complete meal. I am new to Sharepoint and would ...
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Update item flow

I would like to set up a flow so that when a choice column changes to a certain value, it triggers a flow to update a column on a different list. I included destination ID column entry so that the ...
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Complete task planner flow

SharePoint list item has 5 actions, which are sent to a planner task with flow. No issues here. Next flow, when a task completed change column status to completed. The issue is, if only one action is ...
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How to change the “creator” of a Flow in Power-Automate and of a Team in MS Teams?

Basically these are two questions, but they belong to each other. First question: We've made the experience, that a creator of a team (the one, who created it) is still the owner of a team when we ...
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Change SharepointOnline site description with api call to Sharepoint

I need to change the description of a SharePoint site with a Power Automate flow. It is a really easy task with SharePoint online, it is kind of a nightmare with api call action "Send an HTTP ...
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Don't Automatically Open File Upon Creation in Document Library

I have a document library in SharePoint Online. I want to automatically populate the documents in the library with some metadata upon file creation using Flow/Power Automate. The problem is that ...
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Update JSON Property Value Inside Array - Power Automate

I'm trying to create list/library template using Site Script API in SharePoint Online through power automate. Below is the site script JSON of library and associated lookup list { "$schema"...
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Filter Object Array - Power Automate

I'm working on Power Automate to add users in O365 group. When I'm trying to add if user already exists as "user exists already" so to prevent adding further just checking if user is already ...
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Sharepoint String Column being set as boolean

I have a PowerApp that submits all fields to a PowerAutomate script via JSON. For my Yes/No fields, I set the value of the JSON objects to the strings "Yes" or "No" rather than ...
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Power automate: “send an http request to Sharepoint” Error

I'm trying to use a Flow to create news links in a modern site when a new post is published to an external site's rss feed. It appears to get the JSON content correctly but the "send an http ...
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Copy whole column content into array (Power Automate)

I want to bring every value of a SharePoint List column to an array. At the moment I'm using an 'Apply to each' connector to iterate the whole column and then use the 'Add to Array' connector to fill ...
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html coding of combo boxes in PowerApps and SharePoint

I have created a PowerApp that is connected to a SharePoint list and am attempting to create a button that will print to pdf as PowerApps has not created such a thing yet. I have added the button and ...
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analyse calendar with Power Automate

For every day I want to analyse the entries of a calendar. To pick all appointments from a calendar is the easy part. I just do a getItems on my calendar with an appropriate OData-Filtering. Now ...
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Creating a custom control/action for a document library

I am wondering if it is possible to add a custom control/action for files in a document library in SharePoint. For example, when I select a file or click the ellipsis for a file I get the options to ...
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Upload Excel File from Local PC to Network Drive via PowerApps/Flow

I want to upload excel files to Network Drive from Local PC by using PowerApps ( Attachment Control ). is there any particular way to do this?  I am actually stuck on this requirement by the client as ...
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Any way to do a draw from a filtered SharePoint list (multiple random items)?

I have a list in SharePoint online where I want to filter on several columns and then select a specific number of random items that meet the filter criteria. Is this possible? For example, I may have ...
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assign column entry to a planner bucket

I am setting up this flow. When a SP new entry create a planner task. The issue I have is that on the planner I have buckets set by location. The entry column on SP is site. I need to send actions ...
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Update Item Action error in Power Automate

I have a SharePoint online list with approval mechanism set through Power Automate. Now While executing the "Update Item" action I am getting below error: The query cannot be completed ...
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Remove Role Definitions From SPO Group - Power Automate - MS Flow

I'm trying to remove full control role definitions from Site Owner Group, because I have added another permission level through Power Automate/MS Flow. From Microsoft docs - Below is the syntax for ...
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How do I create an array of text email addresses to send a message from Flow?

I have 10 text fields in my SharePoint list which may contain: An email address A note of "Email Missing" if an address is expected but not available Null/empty I want to send an email to ...
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Creating a Flow vs. Using Lookup Columns in SP List

I have two lists MemberList and MemberCertsandQualsList. Both lists share several common columns: Location Alpha Location Name and No. Location Region Location County, etc... I have a Patch in Power ...
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Copy file option successfully but it is not retaining the version history - Power Automate - MS Flow

I have used the Copy file option successfully but it is not retaining the version history in the destination. For ex. if I copy Document1 from x library in site collection 1 to y library in site ...
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Power automate nested switch does not display option of adding new actions under 5th level switch

I have a workflow where I have multi level (7-8) of approvals with one by one level at one point of time. In one branch [Case 1] of root level switch I am able to nest up to 6 more switch statement ...
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How to set System account as value to SharePoint people picker field using power automate?

I want to set the people picker field value with SharePoint online default system account using power automate. Please guide to achieve the same.
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Is it possible to allow TIME / DATE RESTRICTED visitor access to a certain page?

So I know how to give a certain user access to a certain modern SharePoint page, but is it possible to set a time (date) restriction to that access, or do I have to remember to remove the permission ...
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MS Flow iterate “;” separated values

I am using SharePoint online as a platform where I have a custom form which has multiselect dropdown control. I'm saving the values of the control using ";" in the single line of text field. ...
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How to update multiselect people picker field in power automate using Update Item action

I have a SharePoint list with Approvers as multiselect mandatory user field. There is a power automate flow which uses SharePoint Update Item action to update few fields. As the approvers field is a ...
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Flow/SharePoint List limitations

I'm planning a company wide software rollout and wanted to control the communication with Lists and Power Automate. All employees (~9000) would be stored within a SharePoint List containing email, ...
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MSFlow - “Add Dynamic content” option missing from “Compose” action

All the examples of the Compose action on the web seem to show it having the Add dynamic content option below the text box. I do not see this link - what could cause this? I'm attempting to compose a ...
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How to generate reports from SP list with power automate using nested arrays

I have difficulties with building a nested array in Power Automate. My problem has some preamble, but I think I have to explain what I want to do, before I can get to the core of the problem. I want ...
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Create file in OneDrive

I have a flow which creates a Word document file in OneDrive. When the flow runs the Word documents get created but never opens. Attached are the pictures of flow and when I tried to open the document....
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Deprive all users permission from SharePoint site except specific user by Power Automate

I'm using Modern experience in SharePoint Online. I want to deprive all users permission from SharePoint site except for a specific user by PowerAutomate. I know this is possible by PowerShell. But I ...
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Power Automate Add new role definition using REST API

I'm trying to create a create role definitions i.e. custom permission level using Power Automate with below body in Send an HTTP request to SharePoint: { 'request': { '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP....
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SharePoint Online - How to dynamically populate options in choice column using values from other columns?

I have a list in SharePoint online to manage transfer requests for students to move from one school to another. In my list, there are three columns (Area School, Alternate 1, Alternate 2) with the ...
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Extract the Name of the uploaded file into another columns with a flow

I want to extract the name of the file to another 6 columns. For example, you want to put the "D" in the file name in the first column and the word "Berlin" in the second column, ...
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Update People picker column using REST API in Power Automate

How to update people picker column using REST API in Power Automate? I have three people picker column in SharePoint.

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