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I get this message when the child flow is called by the parent and it is executed. The action that update excel have an error.

{
  "status": 400,
  "message": "Graph API request failed. Error code is 'invalidRequest'. Error message is 'Invalid request'.\r\nclientRequestId: 477dba86-47fe-44e2-aca0-df161ce0a78b\r\nserviceRequestId: 9e835c3b-2c94-4ecc-8e9f-1e53639988fd",
  "error": {
    "message": "Graph API request failed. Error code is 'invalidRequest'. Error message is 'Invalid request'."
  },
  "source": "excelonline-bs.azconn-bs-001.p.azurewebsites.net"
}
Excel actions in the parent execute normally.
Thank you for your support.

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Building flows

Hi @CU20042256-0,

A possible cause for this issue is a file lock due to the operation in the parent flow. As you can see from the docs, this is a limitation from Excel connection (an update/delete operation can lock the file up to 6 minutes):

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/excelonlinebusiness/

As a solution, you can try to include a delay of a few minutes to avoid the lock: from my personal experience, it usually takes no longer than 1 or 2 minutes to release the file.

If you do not have any update/delete operation in your parent flow, please share more details about your action's inputs.

Let me know if it works for you or if you need any additional help!

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