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Prevent re-trigger when a file is modified

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Posted on by batvan276 206

Hello, 

 

I am trying to set an a value in a SharePoint document library properties to avoid recursion. I am stuck with an invalid expression in update file properties. I am unsure as to what I am doing wrong. 

 

I have a SP Doc LB I want Flow to check if (Email Sent1) and (EmailSent2) value is No.

If any is NO it will go through the action and eventually update (Email sent1) and/or (Email Sent2) value to Yes. 

 

This is to avoid re-triggering notification on any . Can someone help me out please?

 

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    Gopala_Krishna 1,495 on at

    @batvan276 

    The flow will always try to trigger itself when ever there is change that happens which satisfies the trigger condition.

    If you want the flow to trigger only at certain times but not all the times, then you can make use of trigger conditions., these will help you to trigger flow only when a condition is met.

     

    For information related to configuring trigger conditions please check the link - Tip : Using Trigger Conditions in Power Automate - Power of Power Platform

     

    You can also make use of the action "Get Changes for an item or file" which will help you retrieve what columns have got modified, based on this you can configure the condition to check only if data in one specific column is modified trigger the flow.

     
     

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    batvan276 206 on at

    So I decided to try some trigger conditions ; 

     

    @equals(triggerBody()?['Status']?['Value'], 'Resolved')

    @equals(triggerBody()?['Modified By']?['DisplayName'], 'mydisplayname')

     

    I basically want it to only trigger when field under Status = Resolved and field under Modified by = Mydisplayname . It won't trigger when I make the change.  

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