Trigger Flow on Condition

[Harry_G]

I want to Trigger flow Conditionally when item is modified. Has flow some Action like Nintex o trigger them conditionally?

In Flow I only able to do it by Adding Start Workflow when item is created or Modified and than put a condition to check whether is true or not. but i have to check it on triggering not after triggering. Any solution or help would be appreciated . Thanks

[ScottShearer]

@Harry_G:

I assume that you are referring to a SharePoint item.  If so, here is a technique that you can use:

1. At the top of your Flow immediately after your trigger, compare the created and modified columns
   1. If they are the same, the item is new
   2. If they are not the same, the item has been modified and you can take action as appropriate

If this addresses your issue, please mark your question as Solved.

Scott

[Harry_G]

@ScottShearer You are right and I also tried this technique but the main issue is that I have approx 50 workflows which runs on item's modified. If item is modified in one flow the other 49 flow will trigger to just check the condition which I have to prevent. I only want to know that there is any kind of solution like Nintex, in which we trigger workflow conditionally not after triggering we check condition.

[ScottShearer · Accepted solution]

@Harry_G:

The short answer to your question is no - there is no action that fires only when a SharePoint item has been modified.  I believe this has been suggested already in Flow Ideas - you may want to cast a vote in favor.

As you know, when you create a Flow from scratch there is no SharePoint trigger that fires only when an item is modified - the only option is to select the trigger that fires when an item is created or modified.

However, if you begin the Flow creation process form your list and select "Create a Flow" from the menu, you are presented with an option to create a Flow when an item is modified:

Please note that the description says "when modified", the "help" indicates that it fires when created or modified.

I ran a quick test and the Flow does run upon creation as well as when updated.

If this answers your question, please mark your post as Solved.

Scott

[ScottShearer]

I want to update my answer to this question. Using the created and modified dates is not reliable.  Please see my blog post for a better solution that leverages trigger filters.

[VidhyaV]

@Harry_G ,

Yes, you can trigger a flow based on conditions.

All you need to do is,

Open the settings of your trigger action,

Click "Add" under the "Trigger Conditions" to add additional Conditions for your flow trigger.

 Hope this helps you. 🙂

Thanks.