Power Automate Management Create Flow Connector

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Hi, I'm using this https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/flowmanagement/#create-flow

connector and with some tweaking i works fine for a adding a button in the ribbon to a list.

When following the same protocol for adding a flow with the trigger 'when an item is created or modified', an error comes up .

--"Flow save failed with code 'WorkflowTriggerInputsPropertyInvalid' and message 'The 'inputs' of workflow run trigger 'When_an_item_is_created_or_modified' of type 'OpenApiConnection' should not have the property 'authentication'."--

This is pointing add the flow that is to be added. When adding or deleting more connectors this error remains giving the idea that it is not happy with any connector.

Peeking in the code of the connector one can see confirmed that we have a property 'authentication'.

I have spend many hours with many variants trying to get an analysis but figure it out or make it work.

Anyone with an idea or solution? Are there restriction to this 'create flow' connector? (as in it won't work for this type of trigger??)

The official documentation gives no information or examples.

Thanks in advance.

Arnold

PeekCode in ChildFlowThe Connector with error messageThe MotherFlowThe Child Flow (has only a trigger and 1 step)Hi,

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v-xiaochen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @ArnoldusTeeuwen ,

Please delete the parameter. It worked for me.

Best Regards,

Wearsky

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ArnoldusTeeuwen 4 on at

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Hi, Thank you for your response. I think too that this should be removed since flow does not expect it there. However it is the peek-code mode and the connector code can not be changed (as far as I know).
I named it mother-child flow but maybe Chicken-Egg flow is better. One Chicken -->many eggs. 🙂
The problem seems to be in the Egg flows autentication.
I did remove 'authentication' from the Chicken flow - 'create flow' connector - where the new 'trigger' is described. This gives a different error.

Flow save failed with code 'WorkflowTriggerInputsPropertyMissing' and message 'The inputs of workflow trigger 'When_an_item_is_created_or_modified' of type 'OpenApiConnection' is not valid. Property 'host.connectionReferenceName' is missing.'.

If you or someone has a bright idea what the issue is I'm much obliged. 🙂
Regards,
Arnold
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v-xiaochen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @ArnoldusTeeuwen ,

Maybe the value of the parameter is wrong?

You could try shared_sharepointonline instead of shared_sharepointonline_1.

Best Regards,

Wearsky

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ArnoldusTeeuwen 4 on at

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Hi again,
I changed the following:
In the trigger: placed back the ,"authentication": "@parameters('$authentication')"
In the trigger: changedw:
"connectionName": "shared_sharepointonline_1"
into
"connectionName": "shared_sharepointonline"

Result
'The dynamic operation request to API 'sharepointonline' operation 'GetTable' failed with status code 'NotFound'.

So unfortunately not what we hoped for.
Strong feeling that the type of trigger one can use with the Create Flow connector is limited.
If you have more ideas please let me know. I will try a work around idea I have and see if it is any better.
Best wishes
Arnold

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This is what I put in my connectionReferences. I got it from dumping the content of another flow and fiddle around. Try dumping connectionReferences from another flow and adjust accordingly since you might have different connections.

{ "id": "/providers/Microsoft.PowerApps/apis/shared_sharepointonline", "source": "Embedded", "connectionReferenceLogicalName": "projectx_sharedsharepointonline_197b8" }

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