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Flow not able to update properties in SharePoint when a user has opened the document

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How do you edit the properties of a document library through flow while the document is open ?

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Many Thanks

 

Chris

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    ScottShearer 25,290 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @Chris0000 :

    As you probably already discovered, a Flow that attempts to update a documents properties will fail if the document is open.

     

    While I don't know of a solution to this issue, here is a work around.  My solution may/may not be a good idea but I thought that I would suggest it.....

     

    In the Flow below, I use a Do Until loop - I loop until a variable has been set to a specified value.  I use the run after settings withe the Set variable action.  The will not be set to a value that ends the loop until the document has been updated.

     

    UpdateDoc1.jpgUpdateDoc2.jpg

     

    If this addresses your issue, please mark your post as Solved.

    If you like my solution, please give it a Thumbs Up.

     

    Scott

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