I have a SharePoint list where we have a choice field called "Assigned To".
I need to send an automated alert if the "Assigned To" field is still blank 48 hours after the list item was created.
Ideally the 48 hours should cover business days only (Monday to Friday) but this is just a 'nice to have' feature if it is too complicated.
Any help would be appreciated!
Hi All,
I am alsod oing same kind of req in dynamics crm 365 but not getting any idea where to do ?
I have posted the below query if anyone have any idea let me know ?
I think I worked it out myself, just changed the Reoccurance Interval to 2 days..
Hi @v-litu-msft ,
your guidance has helped me heaps already. Would you mind letting me know how what I would need to change in this flow to send another reminder after 48 hours (until this field has been filled in)?
Thank you!
Seb
Hi @Sam12,
Yes, you can create a column named "Reminder", that is what I want to advise if you just need to send once Remind email.
This is the structure, the condition -96 Hours need to add the condition and update action, too.
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Hi @v-litu-msft.
We only need this reminder email to be sent once (per list item) if Assigned To has been empty for 48 hours.
I could create a hidden field in the SharePoint list called 'Reminder Email' and then I can use the Update Item action to update the new Reminder Email field to 'Sent' once the 48 hours has passed and the email has been sent. I could then add a condition at the start of the Flow to check to see if this Reminder Email field is blank. If it is then the Flow will continue to run, if not it will bypass the email step.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Sam
Hi @Sam12,
Is this reminder only sent once enough? If the column AssignedTo is still empty (after 48 hours), will you continue to send a reminder message?
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Thanks @v-litu-msft - I have now set this up and tested. The email alert comes through after 48 hours as expected. However the alert continues to be sent every hour (when the Flow runs). We only need it to send one email. How would we amend the Flow to stop after the first email has been sent?
Hi @Sam12,
Sure, step 3 screenshot and the expression are the following, you should put in the Condition inside of the Apply to each action.
dayOfWeek(item()?['Created'])
Please notice that the logic sign is Or (marked by red line).
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Thank you very much @v-litu-msft. Please could you just clarify step number 3? I am getting an error message saying that the expression is invalid, and I am not sure where to input the function on your screenshot below?
Hi @Sam12,
You could create a Recurrence Flow follow these steps.
1. Create a recurrence trigger runs every hour.
2. Get the items on the list.
3. Use dayOfWeek() function to get the number of Created Dates.
-if the number is 4 (Thursday) or 5 (Friday), perform condition -96 hours;
-if not, perform condition -48 hours;
4. Perform the condition -96 hours, if the Assigned to is null (or you can use the length() function, length(item?['AssignedTo']) is equal to 0) and Created (date) is less than addHours(utcNow(), -96), send the notification email to creator.
5. Condition -48 hours is the same as the previous step.
Condition -96 hours:
Condition -48 hours:
Please have a try, I hope it can help you.
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Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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