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Has Changed: "Content Type name" Not Available?
Since grouping by 'Content Type' is apparently not supported, I'm creating a 'work around' Flow on a list to update a simple text field 'ContentType' with the 'Content Type name". Setting it to f...
Thanks Jim. No I'm specifically talking about checking if the content type was changed. Checking it using the "Has Changed" property in Power Automate. All fields are there except 'Cobtent Type'. 😕
I've figured out a 'workaround'. Surprise
I've figured out a 'workaround'. Surprise
Carl_Williams Ah, ok. I thought you wanted to group the Content Type definitions in the Gallery, or that you wanted to group items/documents by Content Type in a View, which is also possible:
I thought that the reason you wanted to trigger on the Content Type changing was so that you could populate a custom column with the value of Content Type so that you could group on it.
I'd be interested to hear your work-around, since I can't think of a way to determine that it was the Content Type of the file/item that was changed...
- Hi Jim.
So my workaround was actually very simple. There was no special process I did afterall, just a simple condition.
If created=modified (brand new record therefore set to Content Type to the ContentTypeText field.
If not a new record, who cares if the content type was changed, set the ContentTypeText field to the Content Type field anyway. No checking or anything. If the content type wasn't changed, well it gets set to what it already was, if it was changed well now it's updated.
BTW the ContentTypeText field is a simple text field that can be used to create a lookup on since, heaven forbid in 2022 we're able to use a content type in a lookup.
Ya ya ya, I've heard all the excuses from Microsoft and Microsoft Lovers. Sorry, its all B.S. PERIOD! Many other technologies are created far beyond allowing a content type field to be used in a lookup. The real reason is, it wasn't done at the beginning and they just don't have that as a priority now. There are new social services popping up daily so their priority is creating connections to the services for the tweens that use it, this week. That way it garners more people to buy into M365. In the meantime screw the 'real' users. Our petty little requests will never be done. Jim Duncan Sure, I'll have to dig it up on my PC tomorrow hopefully.