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Ann_DAS
Jul 29, 2025Copper Contributor
Created By column on a SharePoint list picking up wrong info
I have a general user account and another account (DAS Power Automate) that I use for Power Automate flows. I am logged in with my user account as usual but when I create an item on one SharePoint li...
- Jul 30, 2025
To fix this, check if a flow is triggered when an item is created and review which account is used in the flow's connections. If it's using the service account, reconfigure the flow to run in the context of the initiating user (using “Run-only users” or a trigger that captures user context), or temporarily disable the flow to verify if items are then created under the correct user account.
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Martynow
Jul 30, 2025Iron Contributor
Go to SharePoint List Settings → Modify the default value of the Creator column to Me. Alternatively, correct the data via PowerShell:
Set-PnPListItem -List ListName -Identity ItemID -Values @{Author = (Get-PnPUser -Identity CorrectUser).Id} .