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Hi All

 

I have a basic flow that collects information from a Microsoft Form excel sheet and copies the data to a SharePoint site.

 

The Data transfers fine but every time the flow runs (once a hour) it duplicates the information contained in the sheet.

 

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Hope you can help

 

Thanks

 

Rob

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  • v-bacao-msft Profile Picture
    v-bacao-msft on at

     

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    Does the Excel table contain fields with unique values? If so, we can use the method provided by @ChristianAbata to set the corresponding column in the SharePoint List to Enforce unique values, so that we could avoid creating duplicate items.

     

    Please take a try and feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

     

    Best Regards,

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    ChristianAbata 8,953 Most Valuable Professional on at

    In sharepoint you need to change to Unique Values.

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    So when your flow runs again and a row in excel sheet already exist in sharepoint list, the value is'nt copy.

    Maeby you are going to receibe an failed flow message, so I recomend to you use try and catch.  

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