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klaw-sha
Copper Contributor
Oct 21, 2020

Flow with for a selected file trigger does not appear for some users

I have a flow with the trigger "For a selected file" and I can see it by clicking on its three dot menu and then going down to power automate and seeing it as one of the options. My users who have full control of the site and are the ones I am developing the flow for say they do not get this option in the power automate menu. Is there something else I need to do for them to see it?

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  • Sekhmet_Kamgoua's avatar
    Sekhmet_Kamgoua
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 23, 2022
    Hi everyone !

    Facing the same issue excepted that I am the owner of the flow (running on trial environment) and I am owner of the sharepoint site.

    Help please. I can't seem to find out what's going on
    • ntompkins's avatar
      ntompkins
      Former Employee
      Aug 11, 2022
      Update: I do see my flow show up in the context menu on OneDrive, but not the SharePoint library/file browser web part. Perhaps this is the intended functionality for this trigger.
      • ganeshsanap's avatar
        ganeshsanap
        MVP
        Aug 12, 2022

        ntompkins Are you checking the flow in "Document Library" web part added on SharePoint modern page? 

        Note: Document library web part does not support all the functionalities as of SharePoint default Document library view. 

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    • ntompkins's avatar
      ntompkins
      Former Employee
      Aug 11, 2022

      Same for me, I’m the flow creator and site owner on the site containing the selected file.  When I use the 3-dot menu or right-click, I can’t get this flow to show up under “Automate.”

    • klaw-sha's avatar
      klaw-sha
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 04, 2020

      Nico Weber Thanks for the reply. I actually did try implementing this and for the people who don't see it appear in their automate menu, they click the button and nothing happens. Meanwhile for others the typical box appears on the right side with the blue button to "Run Flow"

       

      We're hoping to not have to add people directly as owners of the flow because people move in and out of teams in our organization and that would be too much to maintain. So we've set it by adding the library as an owner of the flow so theoretically anybody with edit rights should be able to see and use the flow but that hasn't happened.

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