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Trouble updating a single field in a sharepoint list item with automate
Greetings! Not sure if this is the right forum, but... I am having a bit of a problem. I have a Sharepoint List where, amongst other fields, a field of multiple "Person or Group" type exists, let us call it fieldA. I have a workflow with a trigger for created or changed item. There is a condition in it where, when reached, must change a simple string field in the item that triggered it. I go and get the item and then try to use the Update Item action. Now my problem starts. I have read, whether it is correct or not, that the update item MUST be given all values which cannot be empty in the list. And when I try to do my update without setting values for the mandatory fields, I promptly get an error message when I try to save the workflow. However, when I place a reference to the value I got as current for fieldA, it says that I am trying to alter a read only property, DisplayName, even though I am just using the current value. Is there not a way to change just a single field without even trying to touch the others? And if there is not, how do I go around this silliness of it apparently detecting that an equal Person means I am trying to change the DisplayName? Thanks!
