I have a power automate flow that is triggered when a document is checked out.
The issue is that any metadata columns that I try to update cannot be updated because the file is checked out by another user. If I check out using my account and the connector is my account, it works with an update action or even a http action.
Q1: Is there any higher level connector or list rights that can allow the metadata to be updated?
Q2: Or can I check in the document, update the metadata, then check back in with the same user. I could not see an option to check back in for another user under the actions.
Yes, you can check if a file is locked by another user and make use of the lockId value to update the metadata via the validateUpdateListItem method in a Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action.
I have shared this approach last year in one of my blogs:
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