Flow to trigger based on Sharepoint list date field

[hungatebevis]

I have a Sharepoint list with a date field "Late Return".
I also have a calculated date field "Late Return chase due" which is set to 7 days after "Late Return".
I also have a date field "Received".

I'm trying to create a Flow which fires on the date in "Late Return chase due, and only if "Received" is null.  I've read many articles on the subject and I can't work out where I'm going wrong.  I continue to receive the "NO late return chaser" email.  I'd be really grateful for some help.

Condition is:

Late return chase due - is equal to - utcNow('dd-MM-yyyy')
Received - is equal to - null

[ChristianAbata]

hi@hungatebevis to compare nulls in sharepoint just you need to leave the field in condition blank or just write null not as a fuction just type null.

Please test it.

[hungatebevis]

Hi Christian, I just removed that altogether so I'm just left with

Late return chased due - equal to - utcNow('dd-MMMM-yy')

And it refuses to come back with a "yes".  It's really driving me crazy.

Bevis

[ChristianAbata]

@hungatebevis  the correct format is like 

formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-dd')

 see the docs

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#f...

[hungatebevis]

Hmm, that wasn’t it either. The date field “Late return chase due was” a calculated field. I just ran an experiment on a non-calculated field, just a regular date field, and that has fixed it. The calculated date field was meant to be formatted as date only, but I’ve a feeling that wasn’t working in truth. So now I need a way around not being able to use the calculated date field, so I need a way to make the condition “Late return” date is 7 days ago. Any ideas?? Thanks! Bevis

[efialttes]

Hi!
Hi!
As far as I know, Flow and calculated columns are not good friends. Did you consider replacing calculated column, using a single line of text instead (or whatever), and implement a flow that would do such calculations everytime the item is created or modified? Please note you must be careful not to enter in a neverending loop (i.e. item updated- flow executed - flow updates item - item updated - flow executed...)
Thanx!

[ScottShearer]

@hungatebevis 

As has been mentioned, you can't use a calculated column.  However, all you need to do is to use an addDays() expression in your condition or OData filter.  You can use a negative number with addDays().

[v-bacao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @hungatebevis ,

Please try to add an integer variable to check if there are eligible items, if it does not exist, send the "NO late return chaser" email.

And you could add a Compose above Condition to check if the value of the date column is equal to the current date.

Then you could check the flow run history to find the cause of the error.

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Hope this helps.

Best Regards,