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Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

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Posted on 23 Feb 2021 12:55:34 by 76
Hi all,
 
I am posting a message to a Teams chat Channel when a Sharepoint item is created.
 
I would like to post a reply to that message when the sharepoint item is modified but I can't seem to figure out how to reference the original messgeID in my reply?
 
Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Regards,
Syed
  • syed_sme Profile Picture
    76 on 25 Feb 2021 at 10:00:29
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    Thanks both @ChrisMendoza  and @jinivthakkar .

     

    This was really helpful and much appreciated.

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    4,181 on 23 Feb 2021 at 19:41:16
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    @ChrisMendoza I too thought so but I tried of doing it in one flow.

     

    @syed_sme As Chris has already tried this why don't you create two flows and lets close the topic here.

     

    The solution I gave I didn't realize it would go in Infinite loop.

     

     

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    ChrisMendoza Profile Picture
    425 on 23 Feb 2021 at 19:14:03
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    Try 2 separate flows. I have experienced issues with When an item is created or modified trigger.

    1. When an item is created
    2. When an item or a file is modified

     

  • jinivthakkar Profile Picture
    4,181 on 23 Feb 2021 at 19:06:09
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    @syed_sme I will update you on this tomorrow, I acknowledge this is an issue.

  • syed_sme Profile Picture
    76 on 23 Feb 2021 at 17:53:01
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    Thanks @jinivthakkar,

     

    I managed to replicate the flow as you instructed above and it works to a point.

     

    The thread is created and in the channel as expected but the Update Item action is triggering the reply immediately afterwards. So, I moved the Update outside of the Condition branch but this made not difference.

     

    I'm also seeing the following warning message....

    syed_sme_0-1614102494582.png

     

    Any ideas how to get round this?

     

    Thanks in advance.

     

    Syed

  • jinivthakkar Profile Picture
    4,181 on 23 Feb 2021 at 14:13:53
    Re: Post reply to a Teams channel when a sharepoint list item is updated

    @syed_sme please follow below steps:

     

    Add column in SharePoint list, MessageID which will be used to store message ID of the teams message

    jinivthakkar_0-1614089248975.png

    Flow is as follows:

     

    In the condition I am checking the value of MessageID from list column

    jinivthakkar_1-1614089377445.png

     

    My Yes block, I update the item with the message id from post a message as this a new item and I store the message id so it can be used to reply to the original message when item is modified.

    jinivthakkar_2-1614089483369.png

     

    My No block, I pass the message ID from the item as it is existing item and it is being modified.

    jinivthakkar_3-1614089536979.png

    Output

    jinivthakkar_4-1614089595529.png

     

    Hope this helps.

     

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