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Sharepoint Person Type field ODATA Query

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If i try any other column data is there. But, when i want to get the list by who created the entry. Flow is successful. But no data. I tried with "Created By Email" same result


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4th8
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I had this issue today and I was able to find the solution. I know this is an old post but in case there is someone else out there looking for the same solutions I figured I would drop the solution here. 

 

First you need to get the system name of the Person or Group column. To do this you should open list settings for the SharePoint list and select the column the end of the URL you will see a Field= That is what you need to use in your query. In this case the field was called "Team Member" but the system name is "TeamMember"

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Next under filter query in the power automate you should use this syntax 

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Things to note here:

 

  • It is "EMail" if you are trying to access the email from the column 
  • If you are using dynamc content as I have for the email to match .... remember to use single quotes around the dynamic content.

 

 

Hope this helps someone! Have a fantastic day!

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Pstork1
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Person/Group fields are complex objects and can't be used in an OData query in Flow.  You can retrieve all the data and then filter it using a Filter Array on the Person/Group field, but you can't do it with an OData query.



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You'll then need to add a Parse JSON after the Filter Array to get access to the individual fields in the result.



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PrasadAthalye
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Another way to achieve this is using REST APIs. Please refer below...

  1. Query UserInfo API by providing Email of the user.
  2. This will give you ID of the user.
  3. Use Parse JSON To parse.
  4. Then Query List API using User ID with expand query. Make sure to include other columns in select that you need.

 

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4th8
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I had this issue today and I was able to find the solution. I know this is an old post but in case there is someone else out there looking for the same solutions I figured I would drop the solution here. 

 

First you need to get the system name of the Person or Group column. To do this you should open list settings for the SharePoint list and select the column the end of the URL you will see a Field= That is what you need to use in your query. In this case the field was called "Team Member" but the system name is "TeamMember"

4th8_0-1654623048710.png

 

Next under filter query in the power automate you should use this syntax 

4th8_1-1654623109160.jpeg

Things to note here:

 

  • It is "EMail" if you are trying to access the email from the column 
  • If you are using dynamc content as I have for the email to match .... remember to use single quotes around the dynamic content.

 

 

Hope this helps someone! Have a fantastic day!

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You are a LIFESAVER! Thank you, this worked perfectly for me!

@4th8 Legend. Didn't know you were able to do this. Thanks for the solution. 

 

Does anyone have any useful links to share on OData query syntax/structure? Always get confused with this.

@Willthmas1221 I have this one in my favorites for referencing when i am working with OData queries. Does this help?

How To Use OData Filters In Power Automate With SharePoint (zeitgeistcode.com)

Thank you. I saw your answer first before working on the flow. I thought the M capital in EMail was a typo and was trying different solutions. Finally tried EMail instead of Email and it worked!

Can you tell us how you knew that 'Email' must be written as 'EMail'? Is this a common convention of the SharePoint API?

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