SharePoint List - Person and Group column - Old users

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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 do this

I've looked into this and there may be an issue with people who have left the business being available to the SharePoint List - I've tried this manually and one of the users who is failing in the PA Flow will not add if I do it manually.

Is there away around this as we do need to move this data to a new Production site?

Thanks

davemehr365 · Answer

Hello&nbsp;Lee-Martin&nbsp;&nbsp;that is correct, not existing persons can't add to an people or group person field. I know this issue from migrations with sharegate:&nbsp;https://migration-tool.sharegate.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000643168-User-Group-cannot-be-found-created-at-destination-source&nbsp;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 😉&nbsp;Regards, Dave

lee-martin · Answer

DaveMehr365Unfortunately I need to maintain the information as isIs there any way to do it?

davemehr365 · Answer

Hello&nbsp;Lee-Martin&nbsp;i am not sure of this for the existing field, but i'm not an developer...&nbsp;You can write the existing user information in a text field, before you copy the item.&nbsp;Regards, Dave&nbsp;

bharath arja · Answer

If the user does not exist in the destination tenant as an active user, you cannot select them as a value in a column.

lee-martin · Answer

Bharath ArjaThey are available in the SharePoint list when I try and add them manually - the list just does not allow me to add them

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