Child Actions Skipped for no apparent reason

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Posted on by Sam26

Hello,

I am building a simple flow that:

1) Searches for the most recently modified file in a SharePoint folder

2) Gets the file properties from that file

3) Gets the file content using the file path obtained in step 2)

4) Sends an email, pulling the name of the file from step 2), and the content of the file from step 3)

The flow is skipping the child actions, and I don't understand why. The parent - child relationship with the actions was automatically generated when I applied the dynamic content "full path" from step 2) in the creation of step 3).

In the "Apply to Each" step, I haven't entered anything manually.

Thank you for your help.

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shoog 2,164 on at

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There simply aren't any items to process, the input to the apply to each is empty.

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creativeopinion 10,502 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@Sam26 The Apply to Each action in your flow doesn't have any items to loop through. Your Get files (properties only) action isn't returning any items. Your Filter Query must be incorrect.

You can confirm this by adding a Compose action to your flow to store the count of items returned from the Get files (properties only) action.

Return Item Count
Whenever I use a Filter Query in a Get Items or Get Files (properties only) action, I always like to return the count of items returned in a Compose action. This is helpful when building a flow and can also be used to troubleshoot your flow.
Insert a Compose action. Add an Expression. Use the length() function.

Select the Dynamic content tab and insert the value dynamic content from the Get Files (properties only) action into the length() function.

You can also add a Condition action to your flow as well to add a check if there are any items before continuing with your flow.

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Sam26 5 on at

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Thank you so much!

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