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Sharepoint Get Items Odata filter substringof or contains usage

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Posted on by Yonik 5

Hi ,  

I am trying to use  the Odata filter with substringof command to filter only the lines that contains some specific names,  the names are SPACE delimited string values like "USA CANADA GERMANY" 

i tried : 

substringof(ContryName,'CANADA')  
but it is not working , error code 400 

 

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    v-bacao-msft Microsoft Employee on at

     

    Hi @Yonik ,

     

    You should put the field name as the second parameter in substringof() function:

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    Reference:

    https://sharepains.com/2018/11/12/sharepoint-get-items-odata-filter-query/

    Besides, please try to run Get items action without configuring Filter Query first, then check the body of Get items action to get the internal name of the field.

    Please take a try again.

     

    Best Regards,

  • Yonik Profile Picture
    Yonik 5 on at

    Thanks @v-bacao-msft ,  

    Your recommendation was very correct, seems that share point list does not use same column names in FLOW automation.  

    More over the calculated field is not identified by FLOW at all.  

     

    However i solved the problem by using "yes/no" fields  and filtering with "EQ" operator.  

    Thanks  again  

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