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Hi,
I have a flow that is only recently showing a warning that it's using too many actions and will be turned off as a result.
The flow is quite basic - when a file is created in the chosen document library it will apply a custom column tag 'awaiting processing'. The users will then select one of three tags from the column, where it will then move them to one of three other corresponding folders.
It had worked for months without error, however recently it shows a large number or errors and massive number of actions! There aren't many files created per day, at absolute most 100, however it shows that the flow is using as much as 80k actions per day!
Here are a few pictures of the flow setup.
Hi
i am getting ‘too many actions’ message when trying to edit a flow with new AI. The flows have less than 100 steps/8 nested
Not sure if this message is received as flow design or exceeding 40k/24 hrs
thank you
Hi @gb163 ,
You can add a trigger condition to check whether the flow should trigger. This could be a hidden column value which is used to signal to the flow that it should skip and not trigger. This is a good article which talks about what they are and how to use them.
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That does make sense, thanks. They are in the same library. Currently if the condition is 'no' then it will change the custom column to 'awaiting processing' and would ideally stop there. Do you have any suggestions for how I can keep that function and get rid of the loop?
Hi @gb163 ,
I've noticed you have a trigger on file creation and modified.
However, you also have an action in the No branch that updates some file properties. Is this in the same library? You could be triggering an infinite loop whereby an action within the flow is triggering the flow over and over again.
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