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Hi,

I have shared an Excelfile on One Drive with many people. The flow rule is being triggered on chnages made to the files in a folder. The action should be to send an email to my attention.

file in folder modified --> send email

This email should include 1.) the file name and 2.) the name of user which has done the modification (last modified by xyz).

First part is no problem, but I am not able to pull the name out of the system.

Any ideas?

rgds

Frank

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  • melim Profile Picture
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    Hello,

     

    I tried your scenario and I did a 'Get file metadata' on the Excel file I edited in OneDrive.  I tried getting the file metadata by id and path, but I was only able to see the 'Last modified' time stamp.

     

    You could make the author a column in your Excel row, and pull it out from 'Get rows,' but I realize that may not work for your scenario.  I can take this as a request and let you know if it's possible to find the last modified author.  

     

    Thanks for your input!

    Melinda

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    Hi Melinda,

    thanks for the fast respond on this topic. I'm looking forward to have this soon as parameter in the Flow app, which is btw a great tool!!

    Rgds

     

    Frank

  • v-micsh-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @melim,

     

    Is there any update on this?

    I checked the document for OneDrive API (Microsoft Graph) regarding get the driveitem, there is Last modified by user object in the respond JSON, which is not in string format:

    Get a DriveItem resource

    Is it possiable to make it available under the Dynamic Content?

     

    @Anonymous, would it be convenient for you to submit this as an idea in the Microsoft Flow idea forum?

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

    Regards,

    Michael

  • melim Profile Picture
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    I opened a task to track this work on the connectors team. While the feature is possible for the OneDrive for Business connector, they're trying to understand how this change would impact other file-based connectors. I'll update the thread when I have more information from them.

  • melim Profile Picture
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    This feature request was accepted by the connectors team and it should be deployed by the end of April. Thanks for contributing to our community!

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    melim Profile Picture
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    @v-micsh-msft @Anonymous

     

    This feature has been been deployed to all regions. Tag me if you have any issues with it and I can contact the connectors team.  Thanks for participating in our community!

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
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    Hi, I have just tested it - with success!! Thanks to the MS team for implementing this in such a short time!!

    Great Job!!

  • tokarjan Profile Picture
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    Hello.

     

    Would it be possible to have this dynamic content (name of the user who modified the file) also available for SharePoint usage?

     

    Thanks

     

    Jan Tokar

  • iPeat Profile Picture
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    I'm I missing something? I don't see "last modified by NAME"Screen Shot 2018-02-16 at 8.19.09 AM.png

  • melim Profile Picture
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    @iPeatLastModifiedBy is available for the trigger "When a file is modified (properties only)."  It looks like you are using the trigger "When a file is modified."  Hope this helps.

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