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Adding a new column to SharePoint view with Power Automate

Posted on May 25, 2022May 25, 2022 by Tom

“I created the a SharePoint column using the HTTP request, but how do I add it also to a view within the same Power Automate flow?”


If you read the previous solution to create new SharePoint columns, you might feel that something is missing. Even though you created the column, it doesn’t appear in a view. It exists, but it isn’t shown. If you want to add it to a view, even the default one, you still have to go to the SharePoint list and add it manually. Or you could extend the flow.

Add it to the view with an HTTP request

As you might expect, there’s another HTTP request to do that.

Method: POST

Uri: _api/web/lists/GetByTitle('<listName>')/Views/GetByTitle('<viewName>')/ViewFields/addViewField('<columnName>')

Note: <…> are placeholders, replace them including the < and >.

Since it requires the column name, I’d recommend using this request before you rename the column. Create it, add it to the view, and rename it afterwards.

Power Automate add SharePoint column view

Summary

If you want to also add the newly created SharePoint column to a view, all you need is one extra Power Automate action. Another HTTP request that’ll take the column and add it to the view of your choice. If you’ve got more than one view then just repeat the HTTP request for each of them.


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My name is Tom and I'm a business process automation consultant and Microsoft MVP living in the Czech Republic. I’ve been working with Microsoft technologies for almost 10 years, currently using mainly Power Automate, SharePoint, Teams, and the other M365 tools.

I believe that everyone can automate part of their work with the Power Automate platform. You can achieve a lot by "clicking" the flows in the designer, but you can achieve much more if you add a bit of coding knowledge. And that's what this blog is about.

To make the step from no-code Power Automate flows to low-code flows: using basic coding knowledge to build more complex yet more efficient flows to automate more of your daily tasks.

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