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Setting Custom Content-Type on creating a new List Item

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Hi,

 

I'm trying to create a new SharePoint list item, where i need it to have a Custom Content type as this dictates some other processes in the flow such as creating some some folders etc. The issue i've found is that on the create Item connector, i can only set the Content-Type ID, which i can't seem to retrieve from anywhere, when I try just using the Content-Type name such as All - Large Event the flow times out and fails, is there a way to retrieve the list of content types and their IDS, and then set a condition to match them and populate the correct ID? 

 

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  • v-alzhan-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @mousman85 ,

     

    What is the type of the Content-Type column?

    Could you please share the screenshot of the configuration of your flow and explain more details about the issue?

     

    Best Regards,

    Alice

     

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  • mousman85 Profile Picture
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    The Content_Type coloumn displays the name of the selected content_Type from the item that is created. Below is the screenshots, the content type in the flow will let me pick from list, but when i try to populate this from an incoming variable, it fails as it looks like its expecting an ID and not the text string.

    ContentType's in SharePoint ListContentType's in SharePoint ListContentType list in Flow - but field is ContentType IDContentType list in Flow - but field is ContentType ID

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    v-alzhan-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi  @mousman85 ,

     

    You could take a try with dynamic content of the Content type id or Content type Value.

     

    Best Regards,

    Alice

     

    Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
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