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Update Sharepoint list 1 with data from list 2 without losing existing information

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Hi,

 

I'm building a flow that appends or replaces information between 2 sharepoint lists.

Sharepoint list 1 = LegacyVM

Sharepoint list 2 = VRMaintenance

 

 

Sharepoint list 2 is connected to a PowerApps form that captures updates that need to be made to sharepoint list 1.

There are 4 different options (A,B,C and D) of updates to be made.

 

For this example Option A is to Add/Expand Coverage Area. I'm needing to take the county that was submitted via the powerapps form (captured in list 2) and update list 1 item by adding new county using flow without losing the counties already listed.

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Expression in County field = concat(body('Select'),', ',triggerOutputs()?['body/County'])

 

It ran successfully and updated the field adding Collin county to the end (Travis, Wade, Caldwell are the counties that already existed) but is showing like this:

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This is the only way I've gotten this to update the field correctly but I would like for the [" "] to be removed. Is there a different or easier way to achieve this?

 

@Pstork1 I've seen your responses on posts be extremely helpful and accepted as solutions. I'm wondering if you could assist?

 

Thank you in advance!

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    The problem is that the Data Select output is an array, not a string.  The easiest fix will be to do a Join on the output of the select and a comma.  Like this

    join(body('Select'),',')

    Use that in place of the body('Select') in your Concat.  The join will output a comma delimited string that you can concatenate with the new entry.

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