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Hi all, I have a Microsoft Flow setup where it's using the RSS to SharePoint List template.

 

Here is the flow that I have setup:

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This is the problem that I'm having, the "Feed summary" trigger is grabbing a long description and it is erroring out when trying to create a SharePoint list item due to the maximum character count in the SharePoint list.

 

Is there a way that I can shorten "Feed summary" to a certain amount of characters? Thanks all!

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  • v-yamao-msft Profile Picture
    v-yamao-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Yes, you could use functions to return a certain amount of characters. For example, you could use function substring to return characters form a string.

     

    Please details please check the doc at here:

    Workflow definition language

     

     

    Best regards,

    Mabel Mao

  • GabrielStJohn Profile Picture
    GabrielStJohn Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello,  @Anonymous!

    Have you had an opportunity to apply @v-yamao-msft‘s recommendation to adapt your Flow? If yes, and you find that solution to be satisfactory, please go ahead and click “Accept as Solution” so that this thread will be marked for other users to easily identify!


    Thank you for being an active member of the Flow Community!

    -Gabriel
    Flow Community Manager

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