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I have set up an automated flow to trigger on "when an item or file is modified" in sharepoint. Once I created the flow, I wanted to change the Recurrence interval which in currently 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
When I change it manually from 5 to 30 minutes, upon saving it immediately changes back to 5 min.
Being unable to change for an existing flow, I tested if the 30 minutes of recurrence frequency can still happen if I create a flow from scratch with 30 minutes baked-in from start. To my surprise, it changes back to 5 min upon saving even though I created with 30 minutes of interval. Even with this, this does not get saved , it changes back to 5 min upon saving.
Why this is happening and how can I overcome it. I want the SP trigger to look for sharepoint changes every 30 min instead of 5 min.
same issue here, but this is what I believe end up happening, if your last time you save and close the flow after you change the value on the frequency. it will operate as your last saved it, even if you check on the past run history, you will see it doesn't match what you saved, but it will kick in correctly. when does this issue is a problem, it is if you re-opened the flow and saved it, it will change back to 5 minutes. here is how I know:
1- Created the flow to monitor an excel file in SharePoint every 10 seconds. saved and closed the flow.
2- keep updating the excel file for at least 30 seconds,
3- check the history run and you will find that it ran at least 2-3 times already.
4- open the one of the history run and you will find the configuration is showing that it is configured for 5 minutes.
5- Open the flow for edit and you will find the configuration showing every 5 minutes frequency.
Conclusion: even if it shows five minutes it still will run as per you saved it. I suspect though that if you try to save it again after you check it and showed 5 minutes, that it will no longer run every 10 seconds as intended and will run every 5 minutes as you last saved it, even if that was because the flow keep resting that configuration.
I hope Microsoft is reading these threads and able to fix it soon.
UPDATE: if you change the frequency and click somewhere else on the canvas or other actions, it will rest to 5 minutes when you come back and check it again. but if you change the frequency and save the flow without clicking on anything else, it keep the change you made for the duration of the flow edit. but once you save, close, reopen, it will show again as 5 minutes.
Same here! I kept having the same issue! The recurrence always resets it back to 3 minutes in both the new and the old designer even if I set it to 1 Day. Really need help on this!
Hello, I have the same problem. It's annoying because it's for a file approval flow that triggers when a file is created or modified in a folder. The triggering frequency allows me to avoid being spammed while I am directly modifying my files...
I'd go back to the old/previous interface (putting the switch at the top right called "New Designer" to off). If I'm remembering properly, it works there.
Currently I find the new designer have too much issues to be worth using.
This is the dumbest thing. Microsoft always makes things difficult. I cannot adjust it, and when I do it goes back to the 5 minutes. What is the purpose of allowing us to choose when it does not work?
Did you end up finding a solution for this? Mine is stuck at 3 minutes so it tries to refresh my dataset in Power BI every 3 minutes and I can only refresh 8 times a day and that is done before I even get to work in the morning.
Same problem here
What's the point to allow us control on how often it checks if it can't be changed?
I was hoping to find a solution but is seems like it's one of the numerous bugs the new UI is riddled with.
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