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Convert to PDF fails in One Drive (worked once)

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Posted on by JeffT2022 137

Hi,

 

I have a pretty basic flow: When an item is created in one sharepoint list, I want it to populate a .docx, create a file in one drive, convert to PDF and then save to another sharepoint list:

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The flow ran fine initially, but now is giving me this error and I'm not sure how to resolve...

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Any input is welcome, please and thank you.

  • JeffT2022 Profile Picture
    JeffT2022 137 on at
    Re: Convert to PDF fails in One Drive (worked once)

    Thank you!

     

    I read somewhere that any changes made else where could effect Onedrive connectors, and I had made a slight change to the 'populate template' step, so I started over and was careful not to make any changes and it seems to work fine now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    Unknown geen idee 1,755 on at
    Re: Convert to PDF fails in One Drive (worked once)

    Dear JeffT2022,

     

    In my experience the following may be an issue:

    • Use of newly created files shortly after creation is problematic. If you need to, build in plenty of delay to allow new files to 'settle'. Or include a 'Do Until' loop which tries the needed action and if failed, waits for a few minutes and then try again ... until successful.
    • Convert file does not work well for me. I would 'get contents' and then use 'Create pdf' using the contents sourced. Then delete the old file. This works well for me.

    Hope the suggestions help,

    Happy flowing,

    Koen

     

     

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