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Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

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Posted on by nleuck_101 429

Hello All,

I have a flow that creates an Excel table.

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The name in the output of the Excel table will change every time the flow is ran. The Excel file lives on Sharepoint where a coworker is try to use PowerApps to connect to the table. He can't connect to the table because in Power Automate the name is always changing.
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Do I need to change something in my flow or I should be doing something differently so the name isn't always changing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,

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  • nleuck_101 Profile Picture
    nleuck_101 429 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    Does anyone have any ideas? I would greatly appreciate any help.

  • Chriddle Profile Picture
    Chriddle 8,416 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    Hard to say unless you show how you create this table.

    I assume your table name is invalid (a space?).

    Rename an Excel table

  • nleuck_101 Profile Picture
    nleuck_101 429 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    @Chriddle 
    It's not changing the name of the table in the worksheet. It's the "name" in the "body" of the code that keeps changing. It's an alpha/numeric name that is created in the code.

  • Chriddle Profile Picture
    Chriddle 8,416 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    I hope I got it now 😉

    You create a new file with each flow run, therefore the file identifier changes and your coworker has to get the new identifier.

  • nleuck_101 Profile Picture
    nleuck_101 429 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    @Chriddle 

     

    Yes, that's our dilemma. 

  • nleuck_101 Profile Picture
    nleuck_101 429 on at
    Re: Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    Does anyone know of any possible workarounds or solutions?

     

    Thanks!

  • Chriddle Profile Picture
    Chriddle 8,416 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Create Excel table in Power Automate changes the name in the body so Power Apps won't find table

    Your colleague needs to get the new file identifier with the Sharepoint Get files action and use its Identifier property.

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