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Timestamp fills once a status is changed, but will continue to update while status is sitting in certain stage

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Posted on by AK-05091755-0 14

I have a SharePoint list with a status column including " not started", "In Work", and "Completed" I have a flow to timestamp a column in SharePoint once the status is changed, but now it continuously updates the time every minute the item is sitting in the " complete" status. How do I get it to only timestamp once?

 

Here is my current flow:

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    RobElliott Profile Picture
    RobElliott 10,485 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    @akinlaw1 you have created an infinite loop. You need to change your trigger to "when an item or a file is modified" and then use the get changes for an item action and a condition as shown below.

     

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    PS. The terminate action is not necessary.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Principal Consultant, SharePoint, Forms and Power Platform, WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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