Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

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Hello,

I am looking to transfer the item ID from one SharePoint List to another SharePoint list in a separate column, based on the submission from a powerapps form. The process goes like this:

1. User submits Powerapps form

2. Data set 1 goes to visitor list and data set 2 goes to data list

I want to take the autogenerated item ID from the visitor list and place it into the entry for the corresponding item in the data list. I can't just use the autogenerated ID from the data list, as users will re-submit their visitor ID for new entries on the data list. Any idea how I could do this? Flow seems to be the best way, but I am new to working with Flow.

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spsolutionsgrp 297 on at

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Re: Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

How are you saving your data from PowerApps? Submit or Patch? I wonder if you could save to the first list and then grab the ID and then save to the second list with the ID from the first save. This would be done in the same click but 2 or 3 different fuctions. If this is done with flow it could take the ID but how would it know what record to update on the second list.

I will see if I can test this out and respond with some details.

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Thor_PPC 365 on at

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Re: Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

I just ended up figuring it out. I didn't realize that flow let you pull data to set a custom variable. So I made a flow to collect the ID, set it as a custom variable, and then set that variable as the data for a column in the other list.

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Re: Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

Great, glad you got it working.

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AmyWoo 23 on at

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Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

Thor_PPC - I have the same situation. You said, "I just ended up figuring it out. I didn't realize that flow let you pull data to set a custom variable. So, I made a flow to collect the ID, set it as a custom variable, and then set that variable as the data for a column in the other list."

How did you set up your flow? Would you mind sharing a screenshot of your flow and the variable? I know what needs to happen. I just don't know how to write the flow and variable to make it happen.

Thanks!

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Mark Nanneman 991 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Transfer Item ID from one sharepoint list to another

You could accomplish this by using the .LastSubmit property of your initial user form to get the values from the last submission, and then use the Patch function to patch a copy to an alternate/parallel list.

Example:

Submit button OnSelect:
-Submit the form

-Set a variable to save the last submission by looking up the ID of the last submit from the inital user submission list.
-Perform a patch to the alternate/parallel list. In addition to saving just the ID in a number column, you could also set a lookup to the other list item in a lookup column using the {Id: <id number>, Value: <item.title>}

Step 1: User Fills Out their form:

Step 2: User Submits the Form

Step 3: (for demo purposes) the alternate list form shows looks up the record on its list that matches the inital form's last submission ID.

Here the Other List Item Copy Form displays the last submission by Looking up the item from the alternate list where the copy ID column is equal to the ID from the last submission.

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