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Power Automate Desktop PAD Get Items Read SharePoint List items in Loop how to read Drop Downs and other Complex Columns

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How can I read list items in a loop and complex columns in a list item. Client requirment. Thanks proving more difficult than i expected. 

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    Nived_Nambiar 18,136 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @comsys 

     

    assume this is the sharepoint list 

    Nived_Nambiar_4-1713323045239.png

     

     

    now we will try to read it from PAD

    First we use get items to get list of all items present in list.

    Nived_Nambiar_1-1713322772352.png

     

    Now output is an array with value property 

    Nived_Nambiar_2-1713322803439.png

     

    Now we access the value property and loop through it like below

    Nived_Nambiar_3-1713322869763.png

     

    Now if we go through how each CurrentItem Variable looks like ?

     

    Nived_Nambiar_5-1713323086011.png

     

    this is just part of values which are important as per our need.

     

    Now choice column value is present as custom object type so you can access it like below

    Nived_Nambiar_6-1713323132682.png

     

    Note - I have observed that if column of a list item is not having any value > then for that item that column key won't be present, 

     

     

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