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Child flow with "when new response submitted" as trigger

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I have a parent flow where I am sending mails by getting mail IDs from email column of 1st SharePoint list. The content of the email is a Microsoft form link.

The child flow has "when new response submitted" as it's trigger and it creates an item from the form response in a 2nd SharePoint list.

But I am getting error in this method as I am not able to use "when new response submitted" as main trigger for child flow. Please help.

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JonDoesFlow 1,304 on at

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Hey @S18 you need to create an instant flow and have a manual trigger, and then create fields for what you want to pass from the parent flow to the child.

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But I would like the child flow to be triggered whenever a new response is submitted through the Microsoft form.
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Hi, then it is by definition not a child flow. It is a flow in it's own right that cannot be called from a parent flow.

See the documentation around Child Flows - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/create-child-flows

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Is there a way by which the main flow and the flow storing the form responses be connected?
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This blog post might help you - https://www.jondoesflow.com/post/make-different-forms-populate-the-same-sharepoint-list-row

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Agreed it has to be a manually triggered flow. If you need to pass info from the parent flow, add that in as a variable field in the manual flow and then pass the ResponseID into that field.
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Child flows must be an instant cloud flow in order for them to be called by another flow. In addition, all of the flows must be within a solution. Child flows are not triggered but called through the Run a Child Flow action. For example:

You will only see child flows listed in the drop-down if they meet the criteria I mentioned: must be an instant cloud flow and within a solution.

Another option would be to use the When an HTTP request is received action. This is a premium action and requires the appropriate licensing to use. You can learn more about this at When an HTTP request is received built-in connector - Training | Microsoft Learn,
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You can do that, but your trigger needs to be When a new forms response is submitted. You can then use the Run a child flow action to call the child flow.