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Stop trigger loops when SharePoint item is modified

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Hi Everyone,
 
I have a SharePoint Lists that keep data up-to-date for approval comments (when the other is modified).
However, this causes a loop, is there a way to prevent this?
 
Thanks a lot!
ROSE
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  • ronaldwalcott Profile Picture
    3,862 Moderator on at
    Look at Get started with triggers - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn which explains how to add conditions to the trigger
  • ROSEBLACK Profile Picture
    205 on at
    I have read the topic and follow the steps.
    It's not working for my flow. Your advise please?
     
    Thanks a lot!
    ROSE
  • creativeopinion Profile Picture
    10,508 Moderator on at
    @ROSEBLACK The equals operator looks for an exact match. To learn more about how to use Trigger Conditions in your flow and how to avoid infinite loops, you might be interested in the YT Tutorials linked below:
     
    In this Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to show you 3 ways to avoid an infinite loop. Keep in mind that there are more ways to avoid the infinite loop than what I’ll cover in this tutorial—choose the solution that works best for you.
    IN THIS VIDEO:
    ✓ Understanding What Causes Infinite Loops
    ✓ Avoiding Infinite Loops with the Recurrence Trigger
    ✓ Filtering to Return Files Only in Power Automate
    ✓ How to Output a Total Count in Power Automate with the length() function
    ✓ Using Trigger Conditions to Prevent Flow Re-triggering
    ✓ Leveraging Service Accounts to Avoid Infinite Loops
     
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    Trigger conditions can be set in most flow triggers. These conditions you set must be true for the trigger to fire.
    In this Power Automate tutorial, I’m going to show you how to use trigger conditions in your flows to control when your Power Automate flows trigger. If your plan has flow run limits—you can avoid triggering your flows unnecessarily by using trigger conditions.
    I’ll cover four different flow examples that would benefit from trigger conditions:
     
    ⚡️ Triggering a flow when a column is changed to a specific value
    ⚡️ Triggering a Flow When an Event Updated or Deleted
    ⚡️ Triggering a Flow When a New Folder is Created
    ⚡️ Triggering a Flow When a Specific Email is Received
     
    I’ll also show you a trick on how to easily create the expressions needed and give you a few tips on how to troubleshoot your flow.
     
    IN THIS VIDEO:
    ✓ Four different flows that would benefit from trigger conditions
    ✓ What is a trigger condition?
    ✓ How to add a trigger condition to your flow
    ✓ How to trigger a flow when a column is changed to a specific value
    ✓ How to trigger a flow when an event is updated or Deleted
    ✓ How to trigger a flow when a new folder is created
    ✓ How to trigger a flow when a specific email is received
    ✓ How to troubleshoot a trigger condition
    ✓ How to prevent case sensitivity issues with a trigger condition
    ✓ How to use the filter array action to easily compose an expression that can be used in a trigger condition
     

     
    Hope this helps!

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    Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    53,974 Moderator on at
     
    So to be clear, you are modifying the same file that has been triggered in the Flow Trigger?
     
    If that is so, then you have to come up with a way to make the trigger ignore it.
     
    So my questions are
    1. What field is getting changed?
    2. Is there a way (just think human speak not computer expressions) to check if a Specific Field has just been changed.
     
    For instance:
    If you had a Status Column.
    Its default value is No
     
    When someone updates it to Yes you can:
    Use the GetChanges action, right after the trigger.
     
    You can then Check if the specific field has changed (our Status Column). You can also check if the value is Yes.
     
    So you would do
     
    Trigger
    GetChanges
    Condition Action (to check if the specific column has changed, AND you can validate if it was changed to Yes or not)
     
    If condition 1 is true, and condition 2 is true (meaning our Status Column changed AND it was changed to Yes), we can made the changes
    but if condition 1 is false (no one made Status Column Change), then don't trigger the code, as you won't need to do anything
     
    The business logic depends on me understanding what you need to do 1 time, and never again so we can block it from doing it non-stop
     
  • ROSEBLACK Profile Picture
    205 on at
     
    Thank you, let me try on this.
     
    Thanks a lot!
    ROSE
  • ROSEBLACK Profile Picture
    205 on at
     
    I think the issue has been fixed.
    Correct Trigger Conditions:
     
    @equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/{ModerationStatus}'],'Pending')
     
    Thanks a lot!
    ROSE
     
     

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