Solution-aware flow in SharePoint list

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm having basically the same problem as this user, who has received no answers: Solution-aware flow does not appear in SharePoint ... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

Originally, I had a non-solution flow with a 'For a selected item' SharePoint trigger that was working well with one of my SharePoint lists. Any time you were to select an item, the flow would appear under the Automate tab, with the name "Approve SharePoint items":

This flow was in my company's default environment and not inside any solution. It was just one of the flows you see in Power Automate under My flows.

Since then, I have recreated this flow inside a solution and inside a new environment (different from the default environment). When creating the trigger and adding the site address, it recognizes the SharePoint list in the list name dropdown. However, when I go to my list, this new flow does not appear in the Automate tab, even when selecting an item. 

If I click on the Automate tab > Power Automate > See my flows, it takes me to the new environment's 'My Flows' page, which is of course empty, since this new flow is inside a solution. I have a feeling the Automate tab on SharePoint can't see flows that are created inside a solution (or maybe that are created in a non-default environment?).

For what it's worth, inside the solution I did the whole 'Add required components' for my flow and the SharePoint connection was added to the solution, but still nothing when I go back to my list. Is there any way to get this solution-aware flow to show up on this SharePoint list?

Thanks

[Expiscornovus · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous,

Unfortunately that is a listed known issue of that specific trigger action:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/sharepointonline/#known-issues-and-limitations

For Flows that use the 'For a selected item' or the 'For a selected file' trigger, only those that are part of the Default environment in Power Automate are listed within the SharePoint Automate menu.

[Anonymous]

Hi @Expiscornovus,

I see, thanks for the link.

[PabloD]

Not sure why this is marked as "solved", when there is actually no solution for it...

The closest I've found is in this post, but be careful when using different environments.

Clearly PowerAutomate still has a long way to go.

[ccostanzadfp]

Running into this same issue. I've created plenty of Flows with the SharePoint trigger "For a Selected File" on their own with no issues. As soon as I associated them with a Solution, it's no longer showing on the dropdown menu when I select a file in SharePoint.

Any fixes for this yet?