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Update sharepoint list item when ID is not known ?

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Hi everyone,

I’ve build a flow in Power Automate Desktop that automates the process of a send in mail with an invoice, its extracts fields from that invoice and then makes a new item in a sharepoint list filled with the extracted fields and generates a unique ID number. So far so good.
There is a status field in that item which needs to be updated if the invoice is paid for example which happens in another flow, in this flow I have used the ‘get items’ with a filter query ( ordernr eq ‘12345678’ for example ) gives me a GetItemsResponse of a single row with data in return, the row that needs updating.
When I want to update one value of a colum in that row with ‘Update item’ I only need the ID number of that row.
How do I get the ID as a variable to put in here ?
 
Thanks for your braintime
Danny
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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
    if you check the dynamic content of Get Items action - there is ID Dynamic content which can be used in ID field in update item action.
     
    Thanks & Regards,
    Nived N
  • DV-20111455-0 Profile Picture
    4 on at
    Hi Nived,
     
    When I check the dynamic contact of te get items response I don't see the different collumn fields as Dynamic content.
    Only .value 
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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    I don't think dynamic content for columns appears in Power Automate desktop as in cloud flows.
     
    If you need to select required column value - you have to write expression like this
     
    %GetItemsResponse['value'][0]['ID']%
     
    The above expression helps to get ID attribute of first list item obtained via get items action.
     
     
    Hope this helps !
     
    Thanks & Regards,
    Nived N

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