SharePoint GetItems TopCount - Documentation not correct

[max81]

According to the Connector documentation, the "GetItems" operation with the "Top Count" parameter retriebes by default all items.

But the dev-documentation telling something else.


https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/sharepointonline/#get-items

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/business-apps/power-automate/guidance/working-with-g...

See also this post: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Power-Automate/SharePoint-GetItems-TopCount/m-p/841539

[Johnnyg · Accepted solution]

Hello Max81,

Yes, I think the doc didn't make it clear which should be 'default=100'. 

There's one blog report the same senario here from Alex:
https://alextofan.com/2019/08/22/how-to-get-more-than-5000-item-from-sharepoint-online-in-flow/ 

By default, each request you send from Flow to SharePoint Online will return a response limited to 100 items. This limitation is not very obvious, even if you show the advanced options on the action and read the hint text on the Top Count field.

The hint text mentions that the action will retrieve all items by default (default = all), which is technically correct, because all refers to how many items can be pulled by the request.

SharePoint - Connectors | Microsoft Docs

[max81]

@Johnnyg : thanks for your feedback.

So it seems that many user already struggled with this. My request is: please update the documentation! Even if it is technically correct, the "100 / default = all" top count is confusing. Please add this clarification to the documentation (maybe my second link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/business-apps/power-automate/guidance/working-with-g...) or some other hint/link/explanation.