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How to create a column in SharePoint list that reflects a previous value?
ganeshsanap thanks for the response, can you please provide the sequence of the steps of the flow? I seem to be getting an infinite loop error.
Indy011910 Try using When an item is created trigger so that flow will run only when new item is created.
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- Indy011910Mar 17, 2023Copper Contributorganeshsanap So I created the flow like this:
When a new item is created->Update item. Is this right?
Second, when I am on Update item it asks me to populate mandatory fields within the form, what should I put in those fields ?- ganeshsanapMar 18, 2023MVP
Indy011910 Yes, you are using correct flow actions. For mandatory fields, you can pass the values from trigger outputs.
For example:
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- Indy011910Mar 20, 2023Copper ContributorThanks ganeshsanap , I think I am going on the right track. However, now the issue is if I follow all the above steps the new column I have created in the list copies the current value of the field for which I only want the very first original value.
Basically, for the new column I specified value in Update Item step as equal to the column from which I am trying to get the original value maybe that’s why it is copying the exact same value as that column, but I don’t know if there is a way to copy the only original version value.