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Hello,

I'm new at power automate and I see that there is a lot of posibilities, but its a bit overwelming. I have a specific flow in mind, but I can't oversee if it is even possible.

What we want to have is > When an Outlook calender event is created > add another event 2 weeks after the first one, with the same name only a 1 extra word (like 'decision' for a decision letter).

Ideally send a reminder 1 day ahead of the second event.

Btw this outlook calender is a SharePoint site group calender.

Extra item trigger that would be amazing is to add a deadline counter corresponding to the second even in a column of a document library.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,504 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

Please share with me any searched you have done or attempts you tried.

Then i'm happy to help.. you said what you need, if you search for that (and I did) you will find examples

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abm abm 32,865 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

You need two flows to accomplish this. Lets talk about the first flow which is when an event is created then create another event 2 weeks after the first one but the event title should append with 'decision' at the end.

Follow the below flow:

This is the trigger you needed.

Above we need to add a trigger condition to check @not(endswith(triggerOutputs()?['body/Title'], 'decision')), if you don't set the trigger condition then flow will go in endless loop. So what we are checking here is whether the title end NOT contains 'decision' then flow will trigger and create the second event.

To set the trigger you need to click the three dot of the corner of the trigger action step and click settings, then set the below trigger.

See above Trigger Conditions I set.

Next we need to work out two weeks date start and end of the event. For that I have added two compose action steps and expressions to work out the date. Here it is.

Above expressions are as follows:

addDays(triggerOutputs()?['body/EventDate'],14)

addDays(triggerOutputs()?['body/EndDate'],14)

Finally we need the Create Item action step where we can create the second event.

Above see the Title. Map the Title from the trigger and put a space and type decision.

Try the above and see if that works or not. Once this is sorted I will explain the second flow which is the reminder.

Thanks

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WB-23080928-0 10 on at

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Thank you very much for the suggested way to do this. Looks like this will work, however I get stuck on the fact that the calendar is not a list. Seems like its a group calendar directly connected to the sharepoint group, all members have the calendar in their outlook as well. I found a Outlook groep trigger where I was able to find the sharepoint site group and added all your suggestions. But It does not do anything as far as I tested.

I also have to translate everything from Dutch to English, so I am not sure if I use the right terms.

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abm abm 32,865 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi

Could you please translate this in English?

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WB-23080928-0 10 on at

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When a new event is created.

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