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clackarama
Dec 06, 2022Copper Contributor
Autofill column in a SP list with information from a different list in the same site?
Hello! I have two lists: "Customers" and "Projects." "Customers" has two columns: Customer_Company_Name (unique) and Customer_Company_Number (unique and sequential). In the "Project...
- Dec 07, 2022
Hi clackarama , you could use a simple Flow, watching for new items in the Projects list. When a new item is created you would use a Get items action to retrieve all records from the Customers list where the Customer_Company_Name matched the one input in the Projects list. An Update item action would then append the Customer_Company_Number to each returned item.
jonlake
Dec 07, 2022Iron Contributor
Hi clackarama , you could use a simple Flow, watching for new items in the Projects list. When a new item is created you would use a Get items action to retrieve all records from the Customers list where the Customer_Company_Name matched the one input in the Projects list. An Update item action would then append the Customer_Company_Number to each returned item.
clackarama
Dec 07, 2022Copper Contributor
Ah! Yes, I will try that. Thank you, John and Kelly. I'll loop back and let you know.
- clackaramaJan 02, 2023Copper ContributorHi Jon,
It took me some time to backfill my knowledge of SharePoint and PowerAutomate in order to understand and execute you solution. But in the end, it worked. Thank you.
Alan