Odata filter query not working, expression not valid or the column appears to not exist

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

Some time ago I have developed a flow for creating and updating a sharepoint list from an excel file that entered the list. I developed in a small testing list and it worked. By now I´m trying to implement it on a bigger sharepoint list of 3700 items and it is not working. 

I got a part where I filter query for an ID that it is present in the Excel file uploaded an in the sharepoint list. What I want is to capture from aaall the list just the rows with the ID's founded in the excel file. The filter query is not working. 

Sometimes it appears that the column I´m trying to reach does not exist, and actually it does, it is just I don´t know why it doesn't detect it. Sometimes I changed the name of the column, it does find it but it throws the error "The expresion:... it´s nos vallid". 

if I change the value to Title it does detect it. But the action doesn´t return any value. Maybe the titles is another column, but then why does it let me create a column with that name?

My error: 

This is how my field column is named in my Sharepoint list:

This is my fliter query in the flow:

This is my error:

I'm going crazy. Somebody know how to solve this?

I really need help

[abm]

Hi @Anonymous 

I can see a whitespace in your SharePoint column name CRM ID. Try replace this with below

CRM_x0020_ID

[Anonymous]

Hey @abm !

Thanks the reply, I´ve entered that but it throw back at me the following error: 

"Column 'CRM_x0020_ID' does not exist. It may have been deleted by another user"

I entered this way:

I really don't know what could be wrong. If insead of that I insert 'Title' it does accept the expression.

[abm]

Try without spaces

CRMID

[Anonymous]

@abm

No

It didn't work either

I really don´t know. please help. This same exact process does work with another sharepoint site and list. This list in the onw I´m trying to implement the flow right now is larger. 

[abm]

Try this

I am running out of options here 🙂

Try this

CRM%2FID

If that doesn't work then install this ODATA Query builder and find the column value.

https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-cy/product/office/WA104051159?tab=Overview

[Anonymous]

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@abm wrote:

Try this

I am running out of options here 🙂

Try this

CRM%2FID

If that doesn't work then install this ODATA Query builder and find the column value.

https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-cy/product/office/WA104051159?tab=Overview

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Didn't work! 

I'm gonna check that alternative final solution to see.

[Anonymous]

@abm 

This is a werid Sharepoint list. It was on a Sharepoint 2010 site. I download it to excel, transformed the data and uploaded to this sharepoint online site through an excel export to Sharepoint function I founded. I don´t know if maybe that was the key point that affected my flow or if it is that the Sharepoint list contains almost 3700 items. Because in a testing list I have where I created this solutions things work just fine. 

[v-bacao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous ,

Please try the following method.

The fields that need to be configured in the Filter Query are first filled in Compose, then the mouse is moved to the corresponding Dynamic content to view the expression, and then configure the marked part in the Filter Query.

Image reference:

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

[Anonymous]

Wow yeah that worked! @v-bacao-msft

@abm interesting and easy approach for reviewing the column name. 

Thank you both!

[AnandBandaru]

Perfect. It worked in my case too.

But there is no visual clue on what went wrong. The params to the actions were all fine but still it fails.

• In my case, there were no errors & the output was just an empty array

May be compose does some trim\decode\decrypt\ANSI..... and all that for OData to understand