I want to delete an item from a list. I need to store a value from the deleted item to use it for calculation in another list.
I use action "when an item is deleted", then the next step is "Get Item".
However I get the following error message:
Regards,
Deddy.
Hey @Anonymous
There is a limitation on this one. So when an item is deleted is triggered, you can just get the name, ID etc and not any of the columns associated with that item. So this way, it would not be possible to get the other list to update when an item is deleted from List A.
You might want to create workflow in SP itself to achieve this. Here is a post that shows how to do that:
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Hi @Anonymous
So how this works is, the Get Item action is an independent action that will be executed. For the trigger: When an item is deleted, this is triggered when the item is deleted and the trigger itself brings some data as I have shown in the previous resposne. Similarly, for the When an item is created or modified, you get the Id from here and now the Get Item action runs and makes a new call to SP to get that particular item referenced here. So that way, on the When an item is deleted will not work as the item doe not exists when the get item is being executed. Makes sense?
Can you share the scenario that you are trying to build so that I can have a better look and suggest a possible solution?
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Hi @Anonymous
The action Get Items only works for items that are present in the SP list when that action is executed so you cannot really get the item that way.
Here i am sending the ID details and the title and the person who deleted the item in an email.
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