Answered

Trigger flow onSuccess with ID of current item

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hello all!

I currently have a flow that usually triggers with the Sharepoint trigger "When an item is created or modified". However since that trigger seems to be bugged I'm looking into the possibilty to trigger the flow when the form is submitted. This seems to be the best option since we are already using a custom form for the list.

Now I have the problem that I use a HTTP request after triggering. It fetches the latest 2 Versions of the item created/modified and sees if certain fields have changed. For this I use the Uri "_api/web/lists/getbytitle('Test List')/items(ID OF CURRENT ITEM)/versions?$top=2.

With the Sharepoint trigger I could just simply insert the ID of the current item. How can I achieve this when triggering the flow with the onSuccess action in PowerApps?

Thanks for help 🙂

Categories:

Building Power Apps

All responses (3)

Answers (2)

Sort by

Verified answer

mdevaney 29,993 Moderator on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
@Anonymous
PowerApps can pass the ID of the record to Flow using the RUN function. It looks something like this:

Run(your_flow_name, your_id)

When I was first learning how to do this I used the tutorial below. It'll take only 15 minutes to try it for yourself and is well worth the time spent!

Tutorial Link
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/using-logic-flows

---
Please click "Accept as Solution" if my response helped to solve your issue so that others may find it more quickly. If your thought the post was helpful please give it a "Thumbs Up."
Verified answer

RezaDorrani 12,145 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @Anonymous

If using a formcontrol in PowerApps for adding/editing data in a SP list

Then this FormControl will have a OnSuccess property

On this property you can call the Flow and to pass the ID of the item just use
formname.LastSubmit.ID

SO OnSuccess
Flow.Run(formname.LastSubmit.ID)

This will pass the item ID which you can then use in Flow to query for versions

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If this post helps answer your question, please click on “Accept as Solution” to help other members find it more quickly. If you thought this post was helpful, please give it a Thumbs Up.
Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Thanks to both of you. Really helped me and I managed to get it working.

But now I have one more problem:
The flow contains a create file action and sends an email. It seems that now with using the PowerApps trigger it creates the file and sends the mail on behalf of the person who submitted the form. That's a behaviour I don't want. It should always come frome the account that is running the flow. Any ideas?