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Excel add a row into a table action creating blank rows despite preceding filter returning content to populate

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I have a flow that has been running perfectly fine until just last week.

 

The flow is set up as follows:

1. Get items action which returns all items within a Sharepoint List

2. Filter results via filter action which identifies - A. that a specified column contains content, and B. That a specified column is 'Current'.

3. Resulting items are then populated into an Excel spreadsheet template

4. The spreadsheet is then copied into a location for records

5. A script is run to clear the Excel template.

 

My issue is that despite the flow indicating that it has picked up eligible items in the filter stage, and showing that X number of items are then being handled at the 'Add a row into a table' action, my copied excel spreadsheet displays just blank rows and none of the filtered content. I had not changed anything from the prior weeks, it just started happening.

 

I know the action is doing SOMETHING as the copied spreadsheet appears to have expanded rows, which i know the script at the end deletes at the end of each run - but I am not sure why the content is not populating.

 

If anyone has experienced this issue or knows what is going on, any help would be great! I have provided a high level image of the actions, but can provide further detail if this may be helpful.

Thank you 🙂

 

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    SanmeshG Profile Picture
    1,947 Moderator on at

    Hi @Sallleee  ,

     

    Are you passing the data dynamically from the array ?

     

    In that case make sure the column names in excel match with the names that are passed from the input array.

     

    If this helps , please give this a thumbs up and mark this as a solution.

     

    Thanks,

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thank you @SanmeshG, I opened up my actions to check and it turns out the variables had dropped out (rookie error!). Lesson learnt to check for missing variables even with flows that have been running perfectly fine, as changes in prior steps can affect the associated variables. 🙂

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