Adding managed metadata from string

[PVosEska]

Hello,

I have multiple files with names that i need specific parts from. Getting the string is not an issue, but that string is managed metadata.

For example, if the file name is: '123 abc ABC 123.docx',  I get the 'abc' from that.

When i add that string to a Man-Metadata column, it is invalid. I get the following error: The data returned from the tagging UI was not formatted correctly.

Is there any way to get the Tagging ui so i can add the string as Man-Metadata?

Regards,

[v-litu-msft]

Hi @PVosEska,

Update managed metadata in the Update item action is not supported yet. If you want to this, the workaround is using the Send HTTP request to SharePoint, there is a blog introduce how to configure the rest API, it could help you:

https://blog.hubfly.com/update-managed-metadata-field-through-rest-api-in-sharepoint-framework/

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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[PVosEska · Accepted solution]

I was able to add Managed metadata, but i was only able to do it for MM that has been used before on a list.

1. add 'Get items' action

2. Set Top count to '1'

3. filter Query on 'Term eq '<TermName>''

4. 3 compose actions (TermName, TermGUID, concat)

  first(body('GetUsedTerms')?['Value'])?['Term']

first(body('GetUsedTerms')?['Value'])?['IdForTerm']

@{outputs('Get_Term_Name')}|@{outputs('Get_Term_GUID')

5. Add the ouput of the last 'Compose' in the MM-field

Again, this only works on Terms that have been used before. i added a condition where it adds the term to a table if the length = 0, that i paste in an email. This way i receive an email of the terms that were not added