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Hi
 
I have x2 SharePoint lists - one for in-flight requests and one for historical (archived) requests.
 
I'm trying to work out how to create a flow to essentially compare the two lists when an item is created on the in-flight list, and flag it as a duplicate.
 
Essentially, when a request is created and the item is loaded into the in-flight request list, a dupe check is triggered against the archive list to highlight if that record (e.g agreement number/unique reference etc) appears on the historical list too.
 
Apologies if this is already covered on another thread.
 
Thanks
  • chrissmf2023 Profile Picture
    chrissmf2023 17 on at
    Power Automate Dupe Checking
    Hi - Thanks this sorts the issue perfectly. 
     
    Is there a way to have the flow loop through to display all the duplicates?
     
    e.g I can currently get the flow to update a column to display the duplicate its found, but if there a multiple duplicates in theory i'd want it to list them all.
     
    Thanks
  • TSte Profile Picture
    TSte 120 on at
    Power Automate Dupe Checking
    Create a automated flow that is triggered when a sharepoint item is created,
    add the "Get Items" SharePoint Action, link the "historical list"
    in the add a filter Query, for this take what ever value(column) you want to search from the sharepoint item (agreement number/unique reference)..
     
    Query could look like that
    'agreement number Column Name' eq 'Get Items agreement number' and 'unique reference Column Name' eq 'Get Items unique reference'
     
    then add a If condition: (if a item was found the body contains values, so there is a existing item)
    on the left side Length(body of Get Items) | greater then | 0
     
    on the yes side
    Update Item action, linked to the created column ID and write duplicate in a column, or something like that..
     
     
    that should sketch the whole process, you should be able to finde guidance in web for all steps

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