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Can I trigger a cloud flow on update of roll up field?

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Hi all,

I have a requirement where I need to update all the rollup fields on button click. I am doing it using custom workflow activity. Later, I have to get the difference of two rollup fields and use the difference value to create new record in entity A.

But I didnt find a way to do the subtraction operation in the same workflow which I am triggering on a button click.

I am not able to do this calculation in custom WFA as well, as the two rollup fields are of datatype currency. And I am not sure what datatype to use in my code.

So I thought of achieving it through cloud flow. But the flow is not triggering when I update the rollup field. Is it possible to trigger cloud flow?

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Rhiassuring 8,690 Moderator on at

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Hi,

What is the "rollup field" you are referring to? Is it a dropdown column, or a list?

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It is a currency field. It calculates sum of the amount of all the child record.

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What is the field held in? Excel? Dataverse? Dynamics? SharePoint?

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Sathika_W 2 on at

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I have the same issue of my roll up field updates not triggering a flow.
Field is a decimal column in Dataverse.
If anybody has a solution it'll be much appreciated

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Hi @Sathika_W

I dont think you can trigger a cloud flow on update of rollup or calculated fields. Atleast this was the case when I tried to do it. I am not sure whether it is possible in recent updates.
You can check for workaround. Or you can trigger flow on change of the field which contributes to a rollup calculation. Then, within the flow, you could use conditions to check if the rollup field's value has changed based on the related field's update.

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CG-31071458-0 2 on at

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i found this link that explains a Web Api that triggers the update on a Rollup Field

https://www.crmcrate.com/power-apps/refresh-a-roll-up-field-in-power-apps-using-the-web-api/#:~:text=To%20refresh%20a%20roll%2Dup%20field%20in%20Power%20Apps%20using,with%20the%20latest%20aggregated%20values.

Hope it helps

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