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Use Flow to combine multiple columns into one, in the SAME Sharepoint List

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Hi hi,

I am trying to use a Power Automate Flow to combine three columns in a Sharepoint List, and save the combination into the SAME Sharepoint List.

It appears most resources I have found show examples of variations, but I am not making sense of what to do differently in my use-case.

Any chance you have a tutorial handy for this case or can illustrate the steps?

EDIT: The reason I am looking to do this is simply to have a column that I can use as a LookUp source in other Sharepoint Lists... Because apparently one cannot LookUp Calculated column-types =(

Thanks so much!

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Squirrels 52 on at

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Actually, it just occurred to me...

I have a Calculated column already which combined the information I am trying to LookUp. Is it maybe better to simplify the flow by simply having the flow copy that information into a pre-created Single Line of Text column?

Hmm.. I will search for a how-to on copying one column now and update this with my findings.

Thanks!

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This is how I copied the column, noting that my trigger is when a row is added or modified (using "When an item is created or modified"), and that I was unsure how to bypass an error due to a required choice selection column and simply made that column okay to be empty in the List settings.

And now my LookUp of the copied Calculated value column works great! And I do not have to add the time overhead to my PowerApp waiting for the flow to run.

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Yikes...

Another lesson learned! FLOW LIMITS!

As this all mentally digests, I realize that my trigger is to make a change to the thing wanting to make a change on a change! 😅 Obviously!

So while the above indeed works in a basic manner... Off to a Reza or Shane YouTube Video (starting here for those following my breadcrumbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKN4_5o2NUA)! 😂

-Squirrels

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