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Hello,

I created a flow that allows me to retrieve the link of a piece and note it in the corresponding column.

The flow is triggered when a data is created or modified.

Then update this data.

Conclusion the flow is executed continuously. How to make it only executes once?

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Expiscornovus 33,851 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Aurélien,

Maybe you can use the approach of this thread, only trigger it when a specific field is updated:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/Trigger-a-flow-when-a-SharePoint-list-item-field-is-updated/td-p/10101/page/2

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Your update item sets off the When an item is created or modified trigger again, which is what creates your loop. You have a few options for how you can work around this.

You can change the trigger to When an item is created only

You can add logic to the Flow utilizing an expression in a condition that ignores updates to that specific column or data, or that performs a date/time based comparison

You can run your Flow on a schedule

What works best for you, really depends on your Flow, data, and environment.

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Hi @Aurélien,

Hi @nilesp,

You can determine whether to create and update time by adding a condition is the same,
-If the same, is a new item, then continue the next steps.
-If not the same, it is the previously created files.
So that you can avoid subsequent updates in the new item of the item to trigger the flow again.

I hope it can help you. If you still have questions, please contact us.

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