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jkilby
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Update a row: "No row was found with Id

Hi 

 

I am trying to update a cell in in an excel file but my flow keeps returning 404 error unable to find the the row with ID....

 

Here is the flow:

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SubString FYI:  substring(body('Get_file_metadata')?['Name'],0,11)

 

I have also tried just using the folder name as the Key Value, but still no luck.

 

It keeps falling over at 'Update a row', here is the output:

 

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No row was found with Id '_SCC 200004'.
clientRequestId: af5eb03d-6285-4be8-82d0-0f69a7f14834
serviceRequestId: 5579c7c1-daa1-4dde-a477-354fc57eadd8;79c534e5-3ed3-4d03-a1ca-5714a8850a5f
 
 
Here is the excel file:
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As you can see it's there in A:5...

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks in advance.

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MichaelVreuls
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Advocate II

the bug is definitely not fixed.
And the Compose workaround doesn't work for me.
The rows are simple (unique) Integers in the source as well as in the target table.
Get a row also returns the same 404, with or without the use of a compose

The row headings are integers or the values? If it is the heading the issue may be that it is looking for a string and checking from an integer, in which case you should cast them both to a string or integer because '5000' is not equal to 5000

MichaelVreuls
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Advocate II

They are both Integers.
But i also tried Strings by changing the data to tekst.
I even tried a compose to force Integers

MichaelVreuls
Advocate II
Advocate II

Asuming that it is somehow related to the fact that the key column contains numbers and Power automate flows are quite alergic to integers, i devised a workaround, which is not very elegant, but does the job.

I added an extra column to the tables, where i automatically added a character preceding the original key columns content.
So basically the original column says 638 and now the added column says D638.
Of course i Needed to add this in both tables.
Using this column and value to update rows seems to work now (at least it worked a couple of times).

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What makes this bug maddening is that it's not consistent. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't for the same exact worksheet. It's not idempotent.

 

Another issue is that it doesn't matter what the nature of the data is e.g. int or string. It just doesn't work.

 

Yet another issue is that even something as basic as GetRow(i) or DeleteRow(i), where i is the row index number, also doesn't consistently work.

 

Until Microsoft finally decides to fully fix this bug (it's been years now), Salesforce is going to remain the market leader for low code platforms.

MichaelVreuls
Advocate II
Advocate II

the robustness of flow code in general is rather dissapointing indeed.
Being marketed as a professional solution, this is getting implemented in business processes.

But in fact it is still far too unstable and unreliable for that.
The word "Power" should be placed between brackets.

Anonymous
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This is related to the issue "404 error unable to find the the row with ID", But not the exact scenario as mentioned by the Thread initiator.

 

If you have unchecked the Header Row check box under table design tab, this issue happens for 1st row.

As a workaround I enabled the header and kept the header text as same color as column name.

 

Tried this but unfortunately still not working. 

I made a ticket with MS and we found a way to fix it. @MattMack In my scenario I placed a 2 min delay between trigger and the action. But depending on your scenario your solution might be different.

MattMack
Advocate I
Advocate I

@ Shavora, great and good to know.  Will try that if run into problems again.   I ended up fixing by copying the table and pasting only values in a new workbook and then creating a new table again from scratch which seemed to do the trick.  What's odd is I triple checked the formatting of the key value column to ensure it matched the item I was searching for but still received error.  Not sure what other formatting in the table was causing the problem but the overall table formatting seems to be an important part of getting this to work.  

MichaelVreuls
Advocate II
Advocate II

I don't know what the underlying reason behind the problem is.
But indeed, completely replacing columns or even the entire table usually solves the problem too.

J-M
Regular Visitor

Hi All,

 

This my be related to the row that you are querying having duplicate values or empty rows, even if the one that you are querying is not duplicated.

 

I had the same issue because the table was selecting additional empty rows at the end but once scoped the table properly the excel update a row start working correctly.

 

Cheers,

MichaelVreuls
Advocate II
Advocate II

That is not the case here, J-M

Daiye
New Member

Hi @jkilby,

 

Don't know if this applies to your flow but this worked for me. Just posted the same answer in another thread as well. Read below:

 

I had problems with updating a row as well, got it to work. I had two different tables created in Excel, one was working the other was not.

 

Short answer: Name your table columns starting with letters and the error is not related to your key column, but the whole table. 

 

Long answer: 

I concluded that the way the actual tables in Excel were created did not matter. Thought it might be a bug from Excel depending on how the table was created. Can be created by:

 

1. Creating a table from table/table range.

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2. Creating a table by inserting a table.

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(Also tried some other far fetched theories in Excel here)

 

I concluded that it had nothing to do with the data in the table as my two tables had the same data in the tables (again, one was working and the other one wasn't). 

 

I concluded that integers in the key-column do not matter.

Integers stored as general/text/number works fine:

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All my values in the key column were numbers. I then tried changed the cell settings on the table where it was working to all three, all were fine.

 

I then tried changing the name of my columns. Note that column A (ManagerId) is the key column.

From this:

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(No updates in the table here as PA crashed. I was trying to populate columns ManagerName,1,2,3 and 4)

 

To this:

Daiye_4-1663783956326.png

(Data is updated in columns)

 

When I got it to work using letters to start my column names...

Daiye_5-1663783956327.png

 

Update successful:

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...I changed the columns back to numbers within the exact same table it crashed again. I had made no other differences to Power Automate, Excel, table in Excel or the data in the table.

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This is the solution for the error I was receiving. I would have never guessed this. Thank you!

razan_albayyari
New Member

the Key Column should be the first column in the excel sheet

BCNUTIN
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

Just wanted to update this thread since I faced this issue recently. I had used a 'get a row' excel connector which resulted in the No row with ID error. While studying the excel data source, I found that the excel sheet table range was not correct even when there were additional rows. 

Go to Table Design --> Resize Table (Should be the one in the Properties menu in the ribbon) and verify the table range.

After resizing the table. It worked!

Thank you BCNUTIN this is in fact a/the solution!

Thank you @judith29 !

Omars1
New Member

Hey all. 

I think I found two solutions for this issue: 

 

1- Add the column -ID- you want as a compose's output, steps below: 

A. Choose the data operator (compose), then add your key identifier (in my case, it's response id)

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B. For the key value do not add the Excel key column, add the output from the operator (compose output).

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* Note: It should work with the issues that related to data types, and relevant issues. 

 

2- Add a delay step, this should work with those who had Microsoft Fomrs-related issues, online feed, and live connection data. 

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I hope these solutions work for you all. 

Keep up the good work!

 

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