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Please help! - Comparing JSON rows with SharePoint List rows

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Hi all,

 

I'm fairly new to PA and I'm having trouble creating a flow I need at work. It seems like a very simple process but I can't make it work.

All I need is PA to query a PBI dataset (Done), pull a SP list (Done), compare the two, remove rows that haven't changed, to give me a reduced size array that I will use to update the SP list with.

 

I had the flow working perfectly with just pulling info from PBI and updating relevant rows in the SP list, but the SP list is growing and growing. There are around 1300 rows and the flow times out before it completes. There may only be 10 rows that have updated since I last ran the flow but running the original flow will assess all 1300 rows every time.

 

I'm sure there's a simple way of doing this, I just can't figure it out!

 

Many thanks

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,041 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Please help! - Comparing JSON rows with SharePoint List rows

    Yes, in your DAX query you can use relative date filters too.

  • Lee5150 Profile Picture
    21 on at
    Re: Please help! - Comparing JSON rows with SharePoint List rows

    Thanks for your help. The SP list doesn’t get modified though. It’s the PBI data that does. I just need this to sync with sharepoint and display in a list. 
    Can I do something similar to the filter with the PBI data?

     

    thanks

  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,041 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Please help! - Comparing JSON rows with SharePoint List rows

    When you pull the SP list you can add an ODATA filter query (for example on the last modified date).  You can also specify a (simpler) to pull fewer columns.

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