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I have a MS List. Each time the Status field in the list is updated to Completed, I would like two actions to be performed:
  1. the specific item to be added as a row to an Excel File a
  2. the item to be deleted from the List.
Any suggestions please?
 
Thank you in advance for the help.
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    Power Platform 1919 Profile Picture
    2,181 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    HI @MR-22011544-0,

    You can do this cleanly with one Power Automate cloud flow. The key is to (1) only run when Status becomes Completed, (2) write to an Excel table, then (3) delete the item.
     
    Store the workbook in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint document library (not on your PC).
    Power Automate can only “Add a row” into an Excel Table, not an arbitrary range.
     
    1.
    Trigger: SharePoint (your MS List) . When an item is created or modified

    Then (best practice) add a Trigger condition so the flow only fires when Status is Completed.
     
    @equals(triggerBody()?['Status']?['Value'], 'Completed')
     
    This keeps the flow from running on every edit and wasting runs
    2.
    Action: Excel Online (Business) ---Add a row into a table

    Map MS List columns to Excel table columns.
     
    3.

    Action: SharePoint . Delete item

    • Site Address: your site

    • List Name: your list

    • Id: the trigger item ID (dynamic content)


    Note: Excel locking: Excel actions can fail if the workbook is open in desktop Excel Application. Keeping it in SharePoint/OneDrive and avoiding long edits helps.

  • MR-22011544-0 Profile Picture
    5 on at
    Thank you, this worked very well. I also found this link very useful: https://youtu.be/HD92f_yo0G4?si=Y_dyHJ-6-E9lhutS

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