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Flow: Send an email when someone is added to the "assignee" column

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Hi,
 
Problem statement: 
I want an email to be sent to a shared mailbox, whenever someone is added to the "assignee" (column type: people) column in a sharepoint list. 
 
Current Flow: 


CheckAssignee: Checks whether there is a name in the "Assignee" column in the sharepoint list (in already-existing entries, because we don't assign entries at the time of creation but later)
GetItems: I read I had to add this here to get content of all columns in the sharepoint list. 
 
Send an Email to a shared mailbox: Sends the email. I put "AssigneeEmail" in "To" because that column is a "People" one, therefore containing a name rather than an email. 


ISSUE: 

Doesn't work. It sends emails to people already assigned. I have mistakenly sent 100+ emails. I thought the above would only send notifications to FUTURE Assignee additions, not the already-existing ones. 
And I also don't want any email notification sent if a column is changed other than the "Assignee" one. 

Could someone please help me to change the flow to ensure only future changes in the "Assignee" column are taken into account and the existing ones are not bothered? 

Thanks a lot
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    12,236 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at
     
    To detect when a SharePoint Column Value Changes, use the Get changes for an item or file action.
     
     
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  • TB-12071612-0 Profile Picture
    8 on at
    I have followed the video to the letter, 1 error message and I don't know why it keeps creating that "For Each 1" condition, it doesn't create it in the video:
     
     
     
    Error message I'm getting below. I think it relates to that ID here which I have taken from the trigger -- THANK YOU --
     
    Flow run failed. Action 'Get_changes_for_an_item_or_a_file_(properties_only)' failed: The 'inputs.parameters' of workflow operation 'Get_changes_for_an_item_or_a_file_(properties_only)' of type 'OpenApiConnection' is not valid. Error details: The resolved string values for the following parameters are invalid, they may not be null or empty: 'id'

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