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Anonymous
Jun 23, 2017Microsoft Flow - Get executing user
Hi, We are trying to use Microsoft Flow for different scenarios - and we came across the need to get "current user" - meaning the user, who starts the flow manually - and not the user, who publis...
Anonymous
Jun 24, 2017The specific case is when a user manually starts a flow tied to a SharePoint List Item. But as you said, the options lies in the trigger itself. The Flow buttons, approval and others due offer the executing user, but SharePoint OnSelectedItem triggers appearently doesn't.
Any idea to work around it?
Any idea to work around it?
Jun 27, 2017
The SharePoint item triggers provide the Created By and Modified By properties.
- AnonymousJun 28, 2017
Hi Poul,
Well - that does reflect who originally created or modified the ListItem (or document) - not the user, who selects a Listitem or document in SharePoint and choosing a flow to start manually, like this:
- Matthew SuttonAug 24, 2017Brass ContributorHi, did you ever solve this? Thanks
- AnonymousAug 25, 2017Hi Matthew. No, haven't looked into it lately.