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Creating a checklist item in Planner task

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Hi All,

 

I am working on a connector which will allow the creation of checklist items in a task within planner. I have it working, but with a small snag - whenever I run the connector/action it only creates/updates one (the same) checklist item in any given task. I am guessing this is due to the way the API defines the creation of a checklist item: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/plannerchecklistitems?view=graph-rest-1.0 

 

To create a checklist item, I would need use a randomly generated guid for name/key in the json definition. I tried using a variable definition {guid} as the name, but it does not appear as a parameter/token within flow where I could pass along data.  (I've tried setting the parameter as a string in the swagger file, but since its apart of the body, I get the following error on the connector validation: "Contains a schema which has properties yet is not marked as type 'object'."

 

I plan on using the {{guid}} expression to generate the data, but how do I pass it along to the connector definition as a key/name for the checklist object?

 

I am new to Flow/Json, so please accept my appologies if this seems like a redundant question - I am unsure what to even look for to solve it.

 

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  • v-bacao-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @drewkoppsoleil ,

     

    Unfortunately, MS Flow does not currently support getting or appending checklist in Planner.

    If you want similar features to be supported by MS Flow, please consider voting for similar ideas below:

    Spoiler (Highlight to read)
    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/planner-task-checklists/idi-p/352841https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/Include-Checklist-Within-Planner-Task-When-Created-in...https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/Planner-Task-Details/idi-p/115585https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33349225-ability-to-create-pla...https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/37652896-fl...

    In addition, It seems that someone has implemented a similar requirement through the Graph API, please check this similar thread and see if it helps:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Strange-results-with-updating-Planner-task-details-via-Graph-API/m-p/349716/highlight/false#M38585

     

    Best Regards,

  • drewkoppsoleil Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Thanks; I did exactly this last night (from another source) and its working great.

     

    I will post a tutorial on this in a few days.

  • v-bacao-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @drewkoppsoleil ,

     

    Thank you for sharing in advance, this will be helpful to many people.

     

    Best Regards,

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi Drew,

     

    In lieu of a tutorial, could you please copy the script you used in the source to update the task and create a checklist?  Flow still doesn't have the ability to create a checklist automatically so I'm hoping to use what you've done.

  • britagrace Profile Picture
    26 on at

    @drewkoppsoleil 

    Have you created the tutorial? I can't seem to find it. Would love to see a copy of the Flow!

  • JDKarlsson Profile Picture
    4 on at

    @drewkoppsoleil  Any news on the tutorial mate?! 😄

  • nicamarcel1 Profile Picture
    9 on at

    No update here???? OMG 😩

  • jamesharbor Profile Picture
    8 on at

    Drew, wtf man

  • Willerz7071 Profile Picture
    50 on at

    Sure can use that tutorial on how to add a checklist to the planner. Or better yet Microsft give us this feature already!

  • Isaacmanjr Profile Picture
    31 on at

    Sad to see that no updates were given here. I could really use a hand with getting this working.

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