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How to populate the TITLE column (via Power Automate?)
MicrosoftOk Thanks for the detail. So you are correct in assumption that you can't set Calculated Value based on another column as Default value. See following forum discussion which explains as to why it's not possible to set it this way.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9c32f6fe-9391-4e13-b297-1661dd5d7a03/error-message-the-formula-contains-references-to-fields?forum=sharepointgenerallegacy
So if you are planning to use PowerApps, Can you actually create an additional column to fill out the value that you are wanting to have in that column and use it for your business logic?
- Second option would be to fire off a Flow (as you have already mentioned) once the item is created and update the Title column to the value you desire.
DhirenMehtaMSFT - thank you.
Can we take it a step further, please?
Some of my users will populate data directly from SharePoint, and others will do so from a PowerApp.
So in my view, I believe I need to make a Power Automate flow.
How would that look like?
I've tried to build one, but I get an error on the GET ITEMS, that fails. I've provided 2 screendumps:
1. The error, and the error description.
2. My attempt at the Power Automate flowjensjakobsen1966 DhirenMehtaMSFT ,
Appreciate the idea of not requiring a value in the title column, as that was a great start for my SP List. Would also love to discern how to auto update/advance a number series in a column, whether title or not, as it seems the title column needed as some sort of "anchor" to the entire list, whether used or not.
I'd like to discern which flow trigger works best to auto update a new item with a sequential number (ie: SP List has 1 intital entry, and the next "create new item" updates the number column to 2, and so-on.
Is this possible with triggers: 1) when an item is created, 2) when an item is created or modified? Or is using "calculated value" in list settings an option? I'm not quite sure how to "link" a new item created to the previous/last item ID number completed.
- For what its worth, I just solved my own problem noting the "ID" is a field already created in a SP List, though often its "hidden" from the display view. In List Settings >> Views >> All Items, you can select box to display the "ID" column. Of course, this may not work with fancier requests for an item number like USB-001, etc.
