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I have an app for ordering supplies. When a user clicks add on an item it sends that items info to a collection. Each item in the collection has columns for;

NSN

NOMEN

QTY

PRICE

When someone places an order, that collection is exported to a CSV through PowerAutomate. It also records the order in a sharepoint list. I would like to patch all items selected to one multi-line text column, called c_ITEMS, for that particular SP list item, so that it looks like;

NSN, NOMEN, QTY, PRICE

etc.

I tried to use Concat, but I was only able to select one column from the collection. I'm unsure how to display all columns for each item.

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In the SharePoint list, and MLOT has the property called "Append Changes to Existing Text".

I suppose that if you turned that on, then you would need to concatenate anything, just patch each item in the collection to the column.

So, do one patch to add the new Record, then do a ForAll( Patch() ) that writes every row in the collection to the self-appending MLOT.

(This is a total hack, and I will never admit that I suggested it, but it should work.)

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@abc 123

Actually I have considered this, I was just hoping there was a more direct or "correct" way.

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Hi wwmn

This would put all fields and records into the format you posted in one column
Concat( CollectionName, NSN & "," & NOMEN & "," & QTY & "," & PRICE, Char(10) )

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