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Creating Null values in a SharePoint list from A MS Forms submission

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Posted on by Chris1968 1,176
Hi,

I have a MS Form that contains some branching.

Is the user selects No then some questions that relate to Dates are not answered.  The column the data is writing to in SP is a Date and time field. And require column contains information toggle is set to No.

I'm using these action in my Flow

I've used the Expression 'Null' in the Value field for the initialize variable. Flow Failed.
 
 
and getting this error
 


but no value has been entered in the Form



 
 
 
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  • mmbr1606 Profile Picture
    mmbr1606 14,629 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    can u try to use [ ] in your set varible step instead of null? [ ] sets it to null/empty
     
     
    if my reply helped please mark as verified answer,
     
     
    cheers
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    David_MA 14,499 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    In the create item action, use a coalesce expression instead. For example: coalesce(outputs('Get_item')?['body/Project'],''). It will return the first non-null value. By setting the second option to '' it should create the item with a blank date.

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