Power Platform Community Forum Thread Details

Hello!

I'm in need of desperate help!

I have a Power Automate flow that transfers a whole row from one list (the parent list) to another (the child list) - this is done by a manual trigger by entering an acronym into a column. However, whenever this flow is tiggered, instead of transferring the row just once, it duplicates the rows so there are multiple rows of the exact same item by separating the people tagged within the child list - screenshot below:

I need the row from the parent list, once triggered, to transfer over exactly without any duplications or separations. Please help!

This is the PowerAuto flow:

The parent list:

**********************************************************************************

Getting items from parent list with trigger "CI" in column "SGP_Plan"

**********************************************************************************
Condition (after many attempts this was the condition that worked)

**********************************************************************************

For Each (the only selection allowed that worked):

Child List - with 'advanced parameters' matching up with columns from both lists:

Thank you so much!

Screenshot 2026-0...

Your file is currently under scan for potential threats. Please wait while we review it for any viruses or malicious content.

Categories:

Building flows

@TT-07052351-0

The duplication will occur if the Person column is multi-select. The column is being treated as a list. Power Automate automatically creates a loop and inserts one row per person, rather than keeping them in a single item.

You need to stop the implicit loop:

In your flow, find the Person/Action Owner field
Before “Create item”, add a Join action
- Input: your multi-person field
- Separator: ; (or ,)
Use the output of Join in the SharePoint/child list column instead of the original field

Result

No “Apply to each” loop
One record created
All people stored in a single field as text

Vishnu WR

LinkedIn - My Tech Space

Please ✅ Does this answer your question if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider answering Yes to Was this reply helpful? or give it a Like ♥