web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Automate / Error message: The tem...
Power Automate
Answered

Error message: The template validation failed

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 5

Dear all,

 

I am currently trying to update an existing (an working) flow but during saving I receive the following error message:

 

The template validation failed: 'The 'recurrence' property of template trigger 'Wenn_ein_Element_erstellt_wird' at line '1' and column '972' is not defined or not valid.'.

 

The sentence "Wenn ein Element erstellt wird" refers to the trigger for SharePoint to start the flow once a new element gets created.

 

I have no idea what I messed up or where I can find the column 972.

 

Thank you very much in advance for your support.

Best regards,
Markus

Categories:
I have the same question (0)
  • Verified answer
    v-zhos-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @-Markus ,

    Could you please share a screenshot of your flow's configuration?

    Then I can do more analysis for you.

    As the error message said, there is some issue about the 'recurrence' property from the trigger you have used.

    The porperty is not defined or not valid.

    Best Regards,

    Community Support Team _ Zhongys

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

     

  • -Markus Profile Picture
    5 on at

    Hello @v-zhos-msft ,

    thank you for your feedback!

    Please find attached a screenshot of how I set up the flow.

    So the trigger is set to start the flow once a new element gets added to a SharePoint list. Once this is done the flow checks if the new entry refers to a specific category. Depending on the result different Mails get sent. 

    However, the error message currently appears even If I use a template from MS.

     

    Error.JPG

     

    I am quite new to MS Flow so please excuse if this is a quite obvious topic I don't understand.

     

    Thank you for your support.

    Markus

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Bumping this @v-zhos-msft . I am having exactly the same issue.

     

    Even the example templates given by MS fail to save with the same error as OP.

     

    Validation Error Template.png

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Users!

Kudos to our 2025 Community Spotlight Honorees

Congratulations to our 2025 community superstars!

Congratulations to the March Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
Haque Profile Picture

Haque 592

#2
Valantis Profile Picture

Valantis 340

#3
11manish Profile Picture

11manish 284

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard