Help with trigger conditions using OR

[smorley]

Hi everyone, Happy Friday!

I've been reading this post on Trigger Conditions: 

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Community-Blog/Trigger-conditions-filling-the-inf...

I have a flow where I would like a trigger condition where it is one of 4 different triggers.  I have 4 fields in my SharePoint list that could update, so I have created 4 dummy fields that update when a change is made.

So I would like my trigger condition to be this:

if field 1 is not equal to dummy field 1

or

if field 2 is not equal to dummy field 2

or

if field 3 is not equal to dummy field 3

or

if field 4 is not equal to dummy field 4

The syntax is kicking me to the curb, and if anyone can lend a hand that would be great.

Here is my actual flow for clarity.

[Expiscornovus · Accepted solution]

Hi @smorley,

You should be able to use this syntax. Replace the hard coded values 1,2,3 and 4 by your dummy fields.

@or(not(equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/field1'], 1)))
@or(not(equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/field2'], 2)))
@or(not(equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/field3'], 3)))
@or(not(equals(triggerOutputs()?['body/field4'], 4)))

[smorley]

Thanks @Expiscornovus - I was trying too hard with the syntax, trying to get it on one line.  Although I may have not explained it right.

Let me try again.
Looking at my flow.
Trigger the flow:

if Unit name doesn't equal workflow unit name or Med Year doesn't equal workflow med year 

I would like it to evaluate both at the same time.

[smorley]

@Expiscornovus syntax is good now, but the flow still runs twice.  Once when I make the change and it goes through the workflow and updates my list item, and then the second time where there were no changes.

[Expiscornovus]

Hi @smorley 

A possible workaround could be to add a boolean field (with a default value of false) to your list which. Set that boolean to true when your change the item for the first time in your flow. And add a boolean equals false expression to your trigger conditions. That could prevent your flow from triggering twice.