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I'm sure I'm doing the most obvious thing wrong but in my short time working with PowerAutomate, I've discovered that the problem may be very obvious but the solution rarely is.

 

I have a flow that works until it tries to do an update of a list item.

The flow is logically this:

Trigger on change

If two specific values match, approval_level and email_sent, then grab some people from another list and send them emails.

That all works including the condition that ends the flow if those two values don't match.
The emails get sent as well.

The very last step is to modify the original record that triggered this whole flow and increment the email_sent value. This prevents future emails UNTIL the approval level moves to 1 (starts at 0).

 

Now, the problem is in the update. The flow step is update item.

I grab the correct record ID and because a whole bunch of fields are required, I grab the existing values from that same record.

 

It all seems pretty logical. But it fails because of this:

The API operation does not allow writing a value for parameter 'item/RequestType[0]/Id'. This parameter is read only.

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  • creativeopinion Profile Picture
    10,502 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    @DCHammer It looks like you might be trying to update a Look Up column. Could you show a screenshot of your flow? It'll help to provide more insight. Toggle OFF the New Designer and take a screenshot of your flow in the Classic Designer with all actions expanded.

     

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  • DCHammer Profile Picture
    716 Moderator on at

    Here they all are. And you're right. One of the required values in the list is a choice. I attempted to retrieve the existing value in that column and resubmit it.

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  • DCHammer Profile Picture
    716 Moderator on at

    Here is the error output from the failed flow.

     

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    creativeopinion Profile Picture
    10,502 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    @DCHammer  I believe the issue is with the Eligibility field.

    For multi-choice fields, you have to use a Select action to parse the multi-choice selection from the Get Item action.

     

    In the from field, insert the dynamic content of the multi-choice column. Important: Ensure you are selecting the multi-choice column — not the multi-choice column value dynamic content.

     

    In the key field, enter Value with a capital V. In the value field, insert the multi-choice value dynamic content.

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    In the Create Item action, select the icon to switch the input mode. 

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    Insert the output from the Select action. 

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    Hope this helps!

    If I helped you solve your problem—please mark my post as a solution ✅.
    Consider giving me a 👍 if you liked my response!

    👉 Level up your Power Automate skills by checking out my tutorials on YouTube
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  • DCHammer Profile Picture
    716 Moderator on at

    That did it. It always takes me a minute to translate the placeholder names responders are forced to use. I struggle to know if it's a replacement for a 'name' somewhere in my flow or a PowerAutomate name for something. At any rate, after starting to reply that I couldn't figure out what exactly I needed to do, it all clicked.

    Works perfectly. Thanks.

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