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When project Published on Project Online create a task and stop duplication

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Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hi Guys,

I have managed to create a flow to create tasks when project published on Project Online. The problem is each time I publish the project, flow keeps duplicating existing ones. Top stop this I have retrieve the task on planner and check the planner task name against project task names. But the condition always get "false" status. See the attached screenshots. Any help would be really appreciated.

 

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

    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Please have a try to create another Apply to each action, and the put the Output of Select into it, and then put item()?['TaskName'] in the left of the condition:Annotation 2019-11-06 094854.png

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thanks for reply. now the i get the flow works. 

    When very first time runs the flow, the Planner is empty. Then flow stop there. 

    How can I check the Planner Task list empty or not? 

     

    I used this but it doesn't work
     
    empty(body('List_tasks'))
     
    Thanks you very much for your great support!!Capture 6.PNGCapture 7.PNG
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    v-litu-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous,

     

    Please use the length() function to determine the value of List tasks whether equal to 0:

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    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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