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How to use properties to sort a list

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I want to sort a list using properties (%Emp_Age.Count%). Anyone can help

 

  • geavgous Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Rupinder013, 

     

    Thanks for trying out Power Automate Desktop! There is a dedicated action for that called "Sort List" where you can select the sorting by the List Properties itself!

     

    Thanks, 

    George

  • Riyaz_riz11 Profile Picture
    4,214 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @Rupinder013 

     

    Please go through this image sort list is there.

    sort.PNG

     

    Regards,

    Ahammad Riyaz

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  • Rupinder013 Profile Picture
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     property.PNGerror.PNG

    I have this list Emp_Name, I want to sort this using properties. Only property I have is Count. I used it but getting error. How I can sort this list using properites. 

  • geavgous Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Rupinder013, 

     

    First of all, you will have to find out what type of variable you have inside the list. For example if it's a folder list, there are a number of properties to choose from. We admit that the experience here could be improved and this is something we will consider for future releases. For the different properties depending on the list type, you may follow this link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/datatype-properties.

     

    For example, I used the Get Subfolders action which automatically created a variable of type folders and since it has multiple values it's a list. So, I then used the Sort List action, selected the Folders variable I got from the action before, and then used one of the properties found in the link above to make my sorting.

     

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    Let me know how that went 🙂

     

    Thanks, 

    George

     

     

     

     

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    tkuehara Profile Picture
    667 on at

    Hi @Rupinder013 

     

    What is the target you are trying to achieve?

    If you just want a list with employee names ordered (for example), you can use the "Sort list" action.

    Example: I created a list and added names (forgive the lack of creativity here haha) in a random order and then used the "Sort list" action to order it.

    tkuehara_0-1627659625816.png

     

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