Using executeFlow in SharePoint column

[scottgm]

Hello, 

I have flow set up using the trigger "for a selected item".  To trigger this flow I have added a button in one of my SharePoint columns using JSON formatting. This has worked perfectly for months and has recently stopped functioning all of a sudden. 

Does anyone know if there has been a change to the CustomRowAction of ExecuteFlow that might have broken this?

For the purposes of this example, I have replaced my Flow GUID below with 00000s. 

{
"elmType": "button",
"style": {
"border": "none",
"background-color": "transparent",
"color": "#0078d7",
"cursor": "pointer"
},
"txtContent": "Email Coordinator",
"customRowAction": {
"action": "executeFlow",
"actionParams": "{\"id\": \"000000-000000-000000-000000\"}"
}

[Brad_Groux]

I'm assuming you got the idea for this from SharePoint Siren - Manually Executing a Flow from SharePoint with Column Formatting? As far as I know, there haven't been any updates to this functionality that would make it stop working. @aprildunnam (also @aprildunnam on Twitter) wrote that article, so maybe she can provide some insight. 

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[v-litu-msft]

Hi @scottgm,

I am tested on my side that executes the button in SharePoint I created before, it works well and not appear any issue.

What's the error report when you perform it?

Have you changed the Flow staus? Turn off or delete it?

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Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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[scottgm]

@v-litu-msft , Thanks for getting back to me. 

The button appears at as a Hyperlink in the SP column but does not take any action when clicking it. Before when it was clicked the pop-up window on the right hand side would appear to execute the flow that it was calling.

I will try re-creating the flow and update the ID to see if this helps.

Thanks.

[RaulPop · Accepted solution]

@scottgm I've managed to fix the same exact issue:

1. Open your specific flow
2. On the page containing Details, history, connections, locate on the right side "Run only users" and click Edit
3. At the top, select "SharePoint"
4. Add the Site and List from which you try to execute the flow and it does not react
5. Click Save at the bottom
6. Go back to the list and it should work 🙂