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How to get Planner task checklist items sorted correctly?

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Posted on by Power_Automater 343

I am using the following simple set of actions to get the checklist items of a Planner task (which are then sent to a List field):

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However for some reason the result is putting the checklist items into a strange order:

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To clarify, I don't want the items in alphabetical order but just in the same order that they were in in the Planner task, since otherwise this information will be very confusing. How can I do this?

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    RC-18061601-0 2 on at
    How to get Planner task checklist items sorted correctly?
    Hello.  The display order of checklist items is influenced by the orderHint property of each item.  I'm working with GraphAPI via PowerShell to copy plans/tasks/checklists.  When copying checklists, I just found that appending " !" (space exclamation) to the original orderHint maintains the order in which checklist items appear on the screen.  Maybe this will help via PowerAutomate as well.
  • JulioRF Profile Picture
    JulioRF 2 on at
    Re: How to get Planner task checklist items sorted correctly?

    I had the exact same problem, a few minutes ago I found out that the items will show alphabetically based on the id. My list showed correctly after adding a trailing A, B, C:

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    I did this right where I created the checklist, in the Update task details' block.

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