Insert a datetime field with Power automate

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Posted on by Julien_Admin

Hi everyone,

I want to insert value with Power automate from Excel file, but when I have a field with dateTime Type, It will be insert with MM/DD/YYYY

I used the formatdate expression but it doesn't give me the best answer.

Have you any suggestion please ?

Best regards,

Julien,

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Mohamed GRAIB 2,504 Moderator on at

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Hi Julien,

Have you the action List rows present in table ? If yes, you must configure this action before the utilization of formatdate expression.

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Abdul Wahab 12,119 Moderator on at

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Hi Julien_Admin,

Use the Date time format while striving records from excel, It will give your desired results.

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Julien_Admin 10 on at

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Thank you Abdul Wahab and Mohamed GRAIB

I have another issue how to mapp the lookup field with the Excel rows.

Have you any suggestion please ?

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Mohamed GRAIB 2,504 Moderator on at

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You must add an action

List rows as shown in the figure below :

You must choose the table name of your lookup.

Then when you mapp, you must add the plural name of your table (your column)

You can also initialize a variable and utilize it in your action.

You can follow this link

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/How-to-map-lookup-field-in-update-record-action-in-flows/td-p/312182

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Julien_Admin 10 on at

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Thank you Mohamed

I have implemented this solution, but, I had an error when the row in my Excel table does not contain data.

I must implment another solution or use an expression.

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Mohamed GRAIB 2,504 Moderator on at

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In this case,

I suggest this solution,

You must initialise a variable for your lookup Field and define your variable.

After that, try to use this expression in your lookup field

if(empty(your variable),null,concat('/plural table name(',your variable))'))

Just when you add your variable add it dynamically, there many '' that will be added here.

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