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Power Automate - Building Flows
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Set the Column Default Values for newly created folders inside SharePoint using Power Automate

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Posted on 26 Jan 2023 00:19:58 by 3,504

I have the following term sets:-

 

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and i have a list which contain the Main folder names:-

 

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and I have a list which contain the SubFolder names, each item will be linked to the above 4 term sets:-

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now the flow i have as follow:-

 

1) user will create a new item inside the Main folder list:-

 

2) get the generated id >> create the needed sub-folders items and link them to the main folder id + add the term sets values.

 

3) update the Main folder item status to "completed".

 

then a flow will run once the main folder item is updated and its status = Completed.

 

the flow should do the following:-

 

1) Create the Main folder and set its default value to be equal to the Term which = the item title (Customer A for example).

2) Create the Sub-Folders and set their default values to be equal term specified when creating the items.

 

Now i have this flow till now:-

 

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but i am facing these issues:-

 

1) how i can set the default value for a main folder to be equal to the related term?

 

2) i read about using this appraoch https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Setting-the-default-column-value-of-a-subfolder-in-a-document/m-p/1701525/highlight/true#M188650 which set the default values by updating the "client_LocationBasedDefaults.html".. but this appraoch will override the current default values for the existing folders..

 

 

so can anyone advice / help me in fixing the above 2 issues please? how i can set the default values for the folders using power automate without affecting the existing folders?

 

This is the Column default value i am talking about:-

 

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