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Hey everyone,

I’m running into the following issue:

When my Power Automate flow reads a file from a folder and I try to store the link to it in a SharePoint list, the URL is too long for a standard Hyperlink column.

So I did some research and used a Multiple lines of text column (Rich Text) instead.

The flow works perfectly and writes the link correctly into the list, but afterwards the links are not clickable, unlike when I enter the same link manually.

The weird part: If I manually open the item in edit mode after the flow has run and add something simple at the end of the field (for example a single space), SharePoint seems to “re-interpret” the content and the link becomes clickable again.

In the last screenshot of my attachments, you can clearly see that once I added a single space, the link became clickable.

I also considered automatically shortening the long URL via another flow (e.g., Bitly), but that’s not allowed for me due to data protection policies.

Does anyone have a quick fix or a tip on how to make these links automatically clickable, without using external URL shorteners?

Thanks a lot!