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SharePoint List - Person and Group column - Old users
I've a SharePoint list which I'm migrating to a new production Site. I'm transferring the old information via Power Automate. Some Person and Group fields are failing and reporting an error when I ...
Hello Lee-Martin
that is correct, not existing persons can't add to an people or group person field. I know this issue from migrations with sharegate: https://migration-tool.sharegate.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000643168-User-Group-cannot-be-found-created-at-destination-source
The solution is to map "older" user with a "new" (existing) user during migration, maybe you can do same in your Power Automate Flow during copy....or using sharegate 😉
Regards, Dave
- If the user does not exist in the destination tenant as an active user, you cannot select them as a value in a column.
- Bharath Arja
They are available in the SharePoint list when I try and add them manually - the list just does not allow me to add them
Hello Lee-Martin
i am not sure of this for the existing field, but i'm not an developer...
You can write the existing user information in a text field, before you copy the item.
Regards, Dave
