required fields for updating an item

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I added an action "update an item". There are a couple of fields that are required to update, but I don't want to update these. How do I change these?

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David_MA 14,642 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The best way to do this is by using an HTTP request and then you can specify only the fields you want to update. You would do that like this:

In the Uri field, replace 'Contract Execution DB' with the display name of the list. In the body, follow the format shown. When populating a date field, the date format will most likely need to be in 'MM/dd/yyyy' format and if the field is a number field, you would not enclose the value in single quotes. This gets complicated when you try to populate people and multiple-choice fields. Note: the FieldName values use the internal and not the display name of the fields (this is important).

This is the expression to fill the date field above: formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM/dd/yyyy')

If you want to continue using the update item action, just repopulate the required fields with the value from the trigger so it contains the same value.

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venturemavenwill 1,198 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Unfortunately the connections out of the box will all require that you include a value in the parameters.

What you could try to do is to use the SharePoint API through the "Send an HTTP request to SharePoint" action and compose a custom request.

Here is the official Microsoft documentation on how to update a list item using the API

Please let me know if this helps you.

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