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I'm building a flow getting records from one Sharepoint list (List 1), then use the Title field from List 1 to search for records from another Sharepoint list (List 2). If Title field in List 2 matched, update List 2 data. If it's not, create new record in List 2 with List 1 data. The problem I have is when Get Items return empty records from List 2, it return errors shown in red highlighted.

Flow error 1.png

and I use

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Would anyone please share with me your knowledge on how to resolve this issue.

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abm abm 32,985 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @lechrisvan

Try to use the coalesce expression where you can default the values for nulls.

Please see this video for how to use Coalesce expression.

https://www.flowjoe.io/2021/04/30/power-automate-functions-coalesce-handle-null-values-from-objects/

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Hardesh15 7,087 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@lechrisvan Please put you condition out side Apply to each 2. Better use one compose after get items 2 and create length function then use condition and when you will pass ID in update item it will apply loop only to update item action.

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lechrisvan 15 on at

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Thank you abm for such quick response.
The issue I have is not Null Field. It's rather empty record return. I tried to use the function empty(body('Get_items_2')?['value']) and it also returns the error. Do you have any other hint?
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lechrisvan 15 on at

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Thank you Hardesh15. I tried your suggestion but it did not work either. A query for List 2 must be executed for each List 1 returned record. It has to validate whether the same record of List 1 exists in List 2.
Any other suggestions?
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Hi @lechrisvan

What error are you getting? Could you please post it?

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lechrisvan 15 on at

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Hi abm,
This is what i got for the empty record. The error message appears very blur.

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lechrisvan 15 on at

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Thank you both Hardersh15 and abm helping me on this issue. The problem was my looping. It took Hardersh15 suggestion but did not do it properly. I revised my design again and it works as shown.
Thank you.

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