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Sharepoint list flow

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I need to make a power automate workflow which populates a sharepoint list based on the information being populated in another sharepoint list.
 
I have one master sharepoint list and a seperate one for each of my suppliers. I want to select suppliers in the master list to assign an action to. I want to be able to select multiple suppliers per action and have a flow input the details of the action into each of the selected suppliers respective sharepoint list. 
 
How can I create a simple flow to produce this?
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    Gopala_Krishna Profile Picture
    1,495 on at
    Design Assumptions:
        Master List:
            It has a column, for example, SupplierNames which is a choice or multi-select column where you select one or more suppliers.
            Other columns, for example, ActionDetails for the details of the action.
        Supplier Lists:
            Each supplier has separate lists, for example, SupplierA List, SupplierB List, etc.

    Have similar structure to the master list, with columns to hold the action details.
     
    Steps in Building the Flow:

    1. Trigger: When an item is created or modified
        Action: Have the master SharePoint list with the trigger When an item is created or modified.
    2. Get the Supplier Names
    Action: Use the Get item action to retrieve the item details from the master list.
        Parse the SupplierNames field (multi-select choices) to determine the suppliers for which the action applies.
    3. Apply to Each: Loop through the Supplier Names
        Action: Use the Apply to Each action, looping through the SupplierNames field.
    4. Conditional Logic or Dynamic List Name Assignment
    Option 1: Conditional Logic
            Add a Condition for each supplier name (e.g., SupplierA, SupplierB, etc.).
            Inside each condition:
                Use the Create item action to create a new item in the corresponding supplier list.
    Option 2: Dynamic List Name Generation
    Assuming that the names of your supplier lists are similar to SupplierA List and SupplierB List, then you can dynamically generate the name.
    Use an expression similar to the following one, that is, concat('https://<YourTenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<SiteName>/', variables('SupplierName'), ' List') in the Site Address/List Name field of the Create item action.
    5. Populate Supplier List with Action Details
    For each iteration of the loop, use the Create item action:
            Map fields from the master list to the corresponding columns in the supplier list.
    6. (Optional) Update the Master List
        Once all supplier lists have been updated successfully, you can update the master list item to indicate completion or status, for example, "Action Distributed".
     
  • CU05121554-0 Profile Picture
    13 on at
     
    Thanks for your answer!
     
    I have a question about this step:
    Option 2: Dynamic List Name Generation
    Assuming that the names of your supplier lists are similar to SupplierA List and SupplierB List, then you can dynamically generate the name.
    Use an expression similar to the following one, that is, concat('https://<YourTenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/<SiteName>/', variables('SupplierName'), ' List') in the Site Address/List Name field of the Create item action.
     
    My Supplier lists are similar but one has 'supplier 1' and then another has the actual supplier name. Would this work?
     
    I am a bit confused as to how it will find my different share point lists when they are saved in seperate locations?
     
    Thanks,
    Sam

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