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Posted on by IPC_ahaas

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I am trying to see if a list exists by name, and if not, create that list.

I am using Get all lists and libraries for my given Site:

and it works:

Then I use Filter array where Type equals 100:

I get zero results:

Not sure why, this seemed pretty straightforward.

I tried putting the results in an Array variable first, then filtering that Array and got the same issue.

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Sundeep_Malik 6,484 on at

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Re: Filter Get Lists Not Working

Hey @IPC_ahaas
I also tried all the things and they didnt work. Pretty surprised.
I did try this and it worked:
Btw what does that type mean?

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IPC_ahaas 1,374 Moderator on at

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Re: Filter Get Lists Not Working

Yeah, it doesn't make any sense that it doesn't work.

The "Type" distinguishes a List vs a Document Library which is the silly way SharePoint still considers them "Lists". From my testing, an actual "List" has a "Type" of 100. A "Document Library" has a "Type" of 101.

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Re: Filter Get Lists Not Working

Hi @IPC_ahaas

Could you please tell me:
Do you want to get all Lists in Site Address instead of librares?
1. You can use the Get lists action directly.

2. If you want to use Get all lists and libraries and then filter array, you need to input 100 as string type.

Best Regards,
Levi

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IPC_ahaas 1,374 Moderator on at

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Re: Filter Get Lists Not Working

Well, that solves my problem of needing to filter for 100, as now it only pulls Lists with a value of 100. The Filter still doesn't work oddly if you try it. You'll get a blank array, but I don't need it now as I was eventually looking for (true) Lists that had a specific name.

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