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Brass Contributor

Oct 17, 2018

Unable to update Repost Page Description property using Flow or HTTP request

I am using Flow to create News items in SharePoint using information that is coming from an external application. I have a REST call getting all of the news post properties from the external appli...

Brass Contributor

Nov 20, 2018

No luck yet. I beat my head against the wall for several hours trying to write HTTP Post requests to change it.

Thanks for the insight into the other methods you've tried.

I think you're right, it's probably just an oversight. Hopefully, it's something that MS will make accessible in a later update.

I saw this announcement in the Message Center last week that gave me some glimmer of hope:

"Change the description in Page details: Previously, the first text that appeared on the page was auto-selected as the page description. You can now add your own custom description in Page details."

I may be grasping for straws connecting the two but, it seems like if they're making it available in page details it can be targeted via HTTP request.

Freddy Bang

Copper Contributor

Dec 12, 2018

It is a real pain that the new modern SharePoint web parts provide functionalities using hidden columns not available from REST API. It is unfortunately preventing us from submitting 2 new Flow Templates integrating 1) News and 2) Events from our Azure based backend system.

The Events list doesn't expose the URL from REST or from the Events list item NewForm + EditForm only when clicking "Add new Event" in the web part from the homepage of a communication site.

Here we would like to Sync data from backend system with planned events for the company without having to manually create / maintain the items in the SP list as well..

Any help from msft on this matter?