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Creating numerous single and multi choice items in a SharePoint list

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Hi,

I have a form that has many text, single choice and multi choice fields. I want to pull the data from that form and use it to create items in a SharePoint list. No problem for text fields but I do not want the commas, quotes and brackets to be part of the choice fields. 

I have spent many hours researching how to do this and i finally found a solution that works. The problem is that there are numerous steps involved just to create one multi choice item. This seems convoluted to me so i am wondering if I am going about this in the wrong way. 

My question is: what is the current, best practice, way to create numerous choice items in a SharePoint list?

Here is my current flow. It works in that there are no commas or brackets in the resulting field but there are many steps involved in getting the result.

Step 1: When a new form is submitted

Step 2: Get response details

Step 3: 

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The long string is the ID for the multi choice field

Step 4:

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Step 5:

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Step 6:

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The Outputs for "apply to each" are the outputs from the second compose action

Step 7: is the Create and item action which sets the multi choice field to the "DMB" variable

 

Is there a better way to do this for a form with many choice fields?

Thanks very much,

Cynthia

 

 

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Re: Creating numerous single and multi choice items in a SharePoint list

    Thanks for trying to help me Bof. I appreciate it.

     

    Cynthia

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    v-bofeng-msft Profile Picture
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    Re: Creating numerous single and multi choice items in a SharePoint list

    Hi @Anonymous :

    I've made a test for your reference:

    My flow:

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    The Result:

    vbofengmsft_0-1647329356888.png

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

  • ChristianAbata Profile Picture
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    Re: Creating numerous single and multi choice items in a SharePoint list

    hi @Anonymous  you are doing a good work

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