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Appending text in SharePoint Online LIBRARY muti line field

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Use case: append text in a Library mutli-line field

Ask:  How can I append text to a multi lined field in a SharePoint online LIBRARY using power automate (only).  Multiple users must update one record and submit comments to a multi-lined text field without overwriting the previous entry.    How does one do that in in Power automate when updating a SharePoint Library?

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  • abouchaalaBAIT Profile Picture
    932 Moderator on at

    Hello @dclay41 

    You can reach that using a manually triggred flow

    Here is the logic

    1- Add an input comment to the trigger 

    2- Get the sharepoint item to be updated 

    3- create a variable in order to store the comment

    4-use append to string variable in order to add the comment to the string 

    5-update the sharepoint item 

     

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  • SudeepGhatakNZ Profile Picture
    14,394 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @dclay41 

    While it's possible to achieve this in Power Automate by querying the previous version, retrieving comments, and then appending new ones, a more straightforward approach would be to manage this task within the user interface of a Power Apps form.

     

     

  • DC-18082037-0 Profile Picture
    37 on at

    Thank you abouchaalaBAIT

  • DC-18082037-0 Profile Picture
    37 on at

    Thank you 

    SudeepGhatakNZ

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