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Condition Expression: Modified < 30 seconds

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Posted on by iuchinglun 4

I need to create a condition that will do this:

If modified (the system field from a SharePoint list) < 30 seconds compare to current time, termiate the flow;

Else email user

 

I am stuck on writing the expression in the Condition. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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    MattWeston365 1,701 on at

    Hi @iuchinglun this should do the trick

     

    If

    addSeconds(triggerBody()?['Modified'],30)
    is greater than or equal to
    utcNow()
    Then do your True actions
    Else do your False actions
     
    I have used the expression "addSeconds" which will allow me to take a datetime and add a number of seconds to it. It takes the format:
    addSeconds(DATETIME, NUMBER OF SECONDS)
     
    I have then just used utcNow() to get the current datetime stamp
     
    It might be worth considering that sometimes, especially when under load, Flow may take longer than 30 seconds to actually fire. But for now that should get you going.
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    iuchinglun 4 on at

    Thank you. It works!

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