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Power Automate/Cloud Flow - Dataverse - When a row is modified - column filter - Model Driven App

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Hi all,

I have a flow that is supposed to be triggered when certain fields get modified but I'm running into an issue.  The flow triggers when Text, Number, URL, and other basic fields get changed, but it won't trigger when a lookup field is changed.  For example, this is a custom entity that has an Account field on it (one account to many custom records).  I want the flow to fire when someone changes the Account on the form/record.  I tried using the standard schema name, in my case new_manufacturername and this doesn't work.  I also tried using _new_manufacturername_value but that gives me a trigger error and doesn't work.  How do you trigger a flow when a lookup field is changed?  I don't want the flow to trigger for ANY change.  I have different flows for specific fields and need to specify the columns to monitor/watch.

Thanks in advance,

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    RE: Power Automate/Cloud Flow - Dataverse - When a row is modified - column filter - Model Driven App

    Hi,

    The associated field of the lookup field is name. If you change other fields in the account, it is normal that the flow will not be triggered.

    If you want to trigger a flow when the account is changed, you can create another flow and set the Table name of the trigger to account.

    If this helped you, I'd appreciate it if you'd mark this as a Verified Answer, which may in turn help others as well.

    Best Regards,

    Frank Gong

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    RE: Power Automate/Cloud Flow - Dataverse - When a row is modified - column filter - Model Driven App

    Hi Frank,

    I think you misunderstood or I didn't explain it clearly.  The account table is linked to this custom entity/table I'm working with.  The flow is based on the custom entity/table and fires as expected with text, url, date fields.  If I change the account field (a new lookup field tied to the account entity/table) from companyA to companyB the flow doesn't fire.  

    I don't need/want this flow to fire when data ON the account record changes, just when the custom entity/table record account lookup field changes, ie. companyA changed to companyB.

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