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Flow creates two items, should only create one.

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This flow should update a child SharePoint list when an item one the parent list meets a certain condition. For some reason, it creates two items when I change the status of an existing item to the condition that is intended to update the secondary list. Can I get some clarification on why this flow creates two items on the secondary or child list?
 
 
 
 
  • Mark Nanneman Profile Picture
    Mark Nanneman 329 on at
    Flow creates two items, should only create one.
    I can't see how the "Status Value" condition would be your issue.  Is your whole flow in the screenshots, are there anymore actions?  

    I'd suggest a couple things to troubleshoot.

    1 -  Confirm that the flow in question is what is creating the duplicate items.  You can do this by either changing the way it formulates a name or title for your item, or you could add a new column to the list (like a "Created by flow" Yes/No column).  The idea is to mark the items created by the flow, so that when you check your list for duplicates you can tell if the duplicate is coming from the flow or some other process.  If you see a duplicate, but the duplicate item isn't marked the way you changed your flow to mark items, then you know it's coming from another flow or process.



    2 - Check your flow runs to see if the flow is somehow running twice for each record in the flow run log.  If you're deleting the trigger record it shouldn't be happening.  



    click all runs
     
    click add columns and


    select your name/title column and ID to see if the same one is triggering multiple times with the same status.

  • MsAgentM Profile Picture
    MsAgentM 4 on at
    Flow creates two items, should only create one.
    No. I think I have it figured out though. I was using Status Value as the condition. Would this impact behavior in a way that would cause this double item creation?
  • Mark Nanneman Profile Picture
    Mark Nanneman 329 on at
    Flow creates two items, should only create one.
    My bad, I missed your attachments.  I'm assuming your trigger is on the "QA Duties" list?

    Do you have any other flows triggered by creation/modification/deletion of the "QA Duties" and "QA Duties-Completed" lists?
  • MsAgentM Profile Picture
    MsAgentM 4 on at
    Flow creates two items, should only create one.
    @Mark Nannenman
     
    I couldn't post screen shots for some reason and instead attached them to the post. Can you see them or are you looking for the results of a flow?
  • Mark Nanneman Profile Picture
    Mark Nanneman 329 on at
    Flow creates two items, should only create one.
    Would need to see your flow actions.  Can you post screenshots?

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