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Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

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I want to preface by saying I've read numerous threads regarding similar issues and I'm aware of many of the common fixes.

I have a flow to upload an Excel file to a SharePoint list. I have the DateTime Format in List Rows Present in a Table set to ISO 8601. There is a Compose action for each date which is used in the Create Item action:

if(empty(outputs('Compose_2')), null, outputs('Compose_2'))

The flow handles most of the dates as expected, but something is causing it to fail in the last date column. All of the date columns in the Excel file have the same format, so there is no difference there. However, when I look at the raw inputs it has one column as ISO 8601 and the one failing as a serial date:

"item/Detection_x0020_Date": "2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z",
"item/Repaired_x0020_Date": null,
"item/Final_x0020_Inspection_x0020_Dat": "44636",

Here you can see the two dates in question in the Excel file, the failing one not in serial format.

Nothing I seem to do gets that last column to work correctly.

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MarconettiMarco 3,812 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

Hello @probey82 ,

in order to grab the date from an integer, please follow the instructions in this article:

https://powerautomatejoy.com/2022/07/25/excel-convert-date-from-string/

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probey82 10 on at

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Re: Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

I'm trying this out, but I cannot get the first Compose to work correctly. Is this the correct expression?

int(items('Apply_to_each')?['Date'])

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Re: Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

Hello @probey82 ,

I think you should replace "Date" with your column name.

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Re: Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

That is the name. Here's the error message I get:

Unable to process template language expressions in action 'Compose_-_intDate' inputs at line '0' and column '0': 'The template language function 'int' was invoked with a parameter that is not valid. The value cannot be converted to the target type.'.

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MarconettiMarco 3,812 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Some dates causing Excel to SharePoint list to fail

ok @probey82 ,

I see that your Table column is named "Final_Inspection". Is that right?

So you should replace "Date" with "Final Inspection".

Please let me know if the issue is fixed.

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