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Copper Contributor

Sep 11, 2019

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Sharepoint List Button

I have a custom list for a ticketing system. Using custom formatting, I've got a button that displays the EditItem form and the ViewItem form. My next challenge is to create button that can set a fie...

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Norman Young
Sep 11, 2019
Hi MjnMixael,

You can use Flow to perform an update item action in the list. Use the SharePoint "For a selected item" trigger. Add a "button" using JSON column formatting to start the Flow - https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-list-formatting/tree/master/column-samples/generic-start-flow.

I hope this helps.

Norm

Norman Young

MVP

Sep 11, 2019

Hi MjnMixael,

You can use Flow to perform an update item action in the list. Use the SharePoint "For a selected item" trigger. Add a "button" using JSON column formatting to start the Flow - https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-dev-list-formatting/tree/master/column-samples/generic-start-flow.

I hope this helps.

Norm

MjnMixael
Copper Contributor
Sep 11, 2019
Oh I see. So that just leaves me with how to get the ID of the user who clicked the button or did I miss something?

Aha. It's included in the For Selected Item Trigger. Excellent.
- Norman Young
  MVP
  Sep 11, 2019
  Hi MjnMixael,
  
  That will be provided by the SharePoint "For a selected item" trigger. If you need help let me know.
  
  Norm