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Hi, how to update items on the same row twice in the Sharepoint list? When the second update, it just adds the information instead of overwriting the first update?

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MarconettiMarco 3,812 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hello @syhrh ,
if in the second "Update item" action you're updating different fields from the first action, Power Automate won't replace any value.

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@MarconettiMarco If the second update is also for the same field, it will be replaced no matter what?
Even if I try using Join or Concat?

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Hello @syhrh ,
you can avoid replacing data following this example:
1. Update item in the Title field:

2. Update again the same item always in the Title field, but in order to keep the previous changes, add the "Title" value from the first "Update item" action:

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@MarconettiMarco
This is my flow. It loops twice based on the condition and your way doesn't work as it only updates the field based on the second update.

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@syhrh ,
do you want to update the "Approver(s)" column? Which type is it? A Person/Group column type?

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@MarconettiMarco
do you want to update the "Approver(s)" column?
yes and it's a single line of text column
The Approver displayName is retrieved from the Get Items.

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@syhrh ,
in the Update item 5 action, instead of the variable, you should put the Approver value got from the Update item 4 action.

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@MarconettiMarco I put the variable in the Update items 5 as I want it to be the same writing as the variable

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@syhrh ,
so you could also append your variable with the additional approver name.
In this case in the Update Item 5 action, you should put only the variable.

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Hi @MarconettiMarco, it works, thank you!

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