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Update a row Errors and Issues

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Posted on by etj

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Thank you for looking at my error. Context: I am trying to develop a Flow where when someone submits a Microsoft Form a row gets updated in Excel. The goal is to take this submit count, subtract this from the number of responses I need, and post that result into a SharePoint site or some visualization platform. With this, individuals who are taking the survey can see how many responses I still need before I can close the survey. For example, if I have 20 submission but I need 60, I can create a visualization saying I need 40 more submissions before the survey closes.

However, I am having a heck of a time trying to get the Update row flow to work.

I've looked at numerous forum posts and tried numerous tactics over the past three hours. Below are the two flows where I've received some limited success.

The first flow takes the Form response, Gets response details, Lists rows in table, and then Updates row. I then get an error I posted below the flow.

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Second flow is a simplified version where I remove the Get response details. Yet this still fails.

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What am I doing wrong? And thank you for all your assistance!

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etj 9 on at

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Re: Update a row Errors and Issues

Got it to work. As the respondents mentioned, I needed to add a value to the Response column so that PowerAutomate knew what row to store the value. What I did was to add a "1" under the Response column to denote the row number, then I added a Data column where the value would be stored. See pictures. Thank you!
yashag2255 24,442 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Update a row Errors and Issues

Hi @etj

Based on the error notification that you have posted, for an update row action, you need to provide a key value pair for the flow to identify the row and update it. So if you are choosing the key column, ensure that there is some value in the particular column for the row that you are trying to update. It will not consider null values on the identifier for updating the row.

Hope this Helps!

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efialttes 14,756 on at

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Re: Update a row Errors and Issues

Hi!

THe problem is, you have selected 'REsponses' as your Key column in Excel. THis means you cannot update it leaving it empty. You need to add some value

Hope this helps