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CalumWelsh
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Oct 13, 2021
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Flow - Create new list then copy items from another list

I am attempting to create a new list then copy items from a master list into the new list.   My problem is that at the time of writing the flow, the new list does not exist yet. I can use a variabl...
  • CalumWelsh's avatar
    Oct 14, 2021
    My brain kicked in overnight 😉

    Use an HTTP request: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/sp-add-ins/working-with-lists-and-list-items-with-rest#create-list-item

    I have a hard-coded version working at the moment. I'm hopeful that by parsing the list structure of the master list, I can grab the format of the new list to populate dynamically.

    These two links were also helpful:
    https://www.dmcinfo.com/latest-thinking/blog/id/9832/creating-sharepoint-list-items-in-microsoft-flow-using-a-rest-api
    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/use-flow-to-update-various-sharepoint-group-sites/td-p/547835

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