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Help with Excel Cell Update Email function

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Hello. This is my first time using Power Automate, and I mostly used the Copilot feature to build this flow. I am try to build a flow that will take a table from my spreadsheet, then when an item in the table says "Due," I want it to send an email to the appropriate person to alert them. My Excel sheet automatically updates based on the date, and that would change the cells in the tables to various things: "Not Due," "Due soon," "Due," and "Okay." I linked the correct table on the aforementioned spreadsheet, but it will not correctly read the value in the table, which leads to no email being sent. If anyone has any advice for a beginner, that would be greatly appreciated. I have attached multiple screenshots that will hopefully help with my poor explanation. Let me know if you need to see anything else
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  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,711 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    You may want to start your journey with something simpler.  Tracking changes inside an Excel file/sheet/table  is not trivial.
     
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    Riyaz_riz11 Profile Picture
    4,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     

    Step 1: Make Sure Excel File is Ready

    Ensure your Excel file:

    • Is stored in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint (not your desktop).

    • Has a table with:

      • A column with due status (Status, for example).

      • A column with email address (Email).

      • No merged cells or hidden rows 

     Tip: Name the table in Excel (Table1, etc.) and make sure the column headers are clean (no special characters).

    Step 2: Build the Flow

    Here’s the correct layout:

    Trigger:

    •  You can use a manual trigger (for testing), or schedule it daily using:

      • Trigger: Recurrence (set to every day at a certain time)

    Action 1: Get Rows from Excel

    • Action: List rows present in a table

      • Location: OneDrive or SharePoint

      • File: Browse to your Excel file

      • Table: Choose your table (e.g., Table1)

    Action 2: Apply to Each Row

    • Action: Apply to each loop

      • Input: Value from the Excel table

      • Inside this loop:

    Condition: If Status = "Due"
    • Condition Block

      • Left: item()?['Status']

      • Operator: is equal to

      • Right: Due

    If Yes (Send Email):
    • Action: Send an email (V2)

      • To: item()?['Email']

      • Subject: Task Due Reminder

      • Body: "Hello, your task is now marked as Due. Please take appropriate action
         

    If I have answered your question, please mark it as the preferred solution ✅ . If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up 👍.
    Regards,
    Riyaz

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