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Trying to Match Variable to a Single Line text field number

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Posted on by Portland 167

I have a variable, let's say it contains the number 5

Next, I have a condition to ask if the variable is equal to the SharePoint item. SharePoint is displaying 5 in the list

 

However, when the flow runs it fails. They don't match.

I check my variable -it is displaying 5

I check the SharePoint column, and it is displaying 5.000000000000000 Guessing this is why they don't equal.  

 

I tried setting the SharePoint (Calculated field type) to Number and decimal is 0, but when I check the flow compose, it's still seeing 5.000000000000 in the workflow. 

 

Looking for help please. 

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  • yashag2255 Profile Picture
    yashag2255 24,695 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at
    Re: Trying to Match Variable to a Single Line text field number

    Hi @Portland 

     

    You can use the format number action in Flow and pass the calculated column from sharepoint to this action as an input and then select the output format. Based on this, you can then compare with the variable values. 

     

    Hope this Helps!

     

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    v-alzhan-msft on at
    Re: Trying to Match Variable to a Single Line text field number

    Hi @Portland ,

     

    You could save the calculated column value in a Compose, then refer to screenshot below to create the flow:

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    int(first(split(outputs('Compose'),'.')))

     

    Best Regards,

    Alice

     

    Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
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