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Category: Filters

Why does Power Automate Filter Query fail – column does not exist

Posted on December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 by Tom

“I’m trying to filter rows, but Power Automate keeps telling me that the column used in Filter Query doesn’t exist… why?”

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Use a ‘not contains’ operator in Power Automate Filter Query

Posted on November 2, 2022December 18, 2022 by Tom

“I know there’s an operator to return SP items that contain a string, but what about not contains, how to do such filter in Power Automate?”

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Filter SharePoint items with date in the same month in Power Automate

Posted on October 3, 2021October 10, 2021 by Tom

“How to filter items with date on the same month/year as current date in Power Automate, e.g. Created date column value is 09/15/2021 or 09/01/2021 and current date is 09/29/2021.”

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How to combine multiple filters in Get items Filter Query (Power Automate)

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 by Tom

“I am able to use each filter independently, but when I try to use multiple filters at once in the Filter Query it doesn’t work, what’s the right syntax in Power Automate?”

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How to get over 100 items limit with the ‘Get items’ in Power Automate

Posted on August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 by Tom

“‘Get Items’ returns only 100 entries from all the items it should return, how can I overcome this limit and get all the relevant items with Power Automate?”

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Build a report with new, closed and open Planner tasks (Power Automate)

Posted on July 25, 2021July 3, 2022 by Tom

“Can I use Power Automate to produce a daily report of the Planner tasks? I’d like to see the new tasks, open tasks, etc.”

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How to apply multiple conditions in the ‘Filter array’ Power Automate action

Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021 by Tom

“I know I can use the ‘Filter array’ action in Power Automate to do this, but how do I set it up to use multiple conditions?”

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How to order SharePoint items returned by ‘Get items’ in Power Automate

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 by Tom

“Is it possible to use multiple fields in the ‘Order By’ Power Automate OData filter on a SharePoint ‘Get items’ action? i.e. sort by Title and Date field?”

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Power Automate filter on SharePoint Date and Time column

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by Tom

“Is there any way to set an ODATA Filter Query to let Power Automate filter all SharePoint items where some date field is less or equal to today’s date?”

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Power Automate reminder using date in SharePoint calculated column

Posted on February 24, 2021January 11, 2022 by Tom

“I need a reminder based on a calculated date from another date column, but Power Automate tells me I can’t use that SharePoint column.”

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