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Maintaining Required Managed Metadata Field While Updating Sharepoint Properties

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Hi All,
 
I've been trying to create a flow that will update a Status field but am encountering an issue with some required fields that contain managed metadata. I don't want to update these fields but the flow is requiring me to enter something (this may be due to me entering the wrong update type). When I try to test this I receive and error that the Department field is read-only. Can anyone recommend a way forward?
 
Note I will also be adding a condition to this around dates (when the review due date has passed) which is why I've used this approach.
 
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    9 on at
    I ended up finding a way around it.. instead of using the "Update File Properties" action I used "Send an HTTP Request to Sharepoint" with the method set to "PATCH"

    In the body I then specified that it update the Status field only as this method allowed me to ignored the required fields.

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