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What are your permissions for that doc library? Have you tried the same flow for a different library with same results?
SharePoint workflow, When Document is deleted, There's a problem that needs to be fixed to trigger this flow
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William Erickson
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I have this workflow created to detect and send an email when a document is deleted from a specific SharePoint site. It worked when I created and tested it but now I have this banner on the workflow that states
There's a problem that needs to be fixed to trigger this flow
I am directed to look at the trigger.
it is the "When a file is deleted"
I put in the site address and the library name Document.
I created a test workflow using the same trigger to the same site location.
it consist of the trigger and an init variable action.
I got the same message and the workflow does not seem to fire off when a document is deleted.
Is there anyone out there that can direct me to what I need to do to clear this up?
thanks in advance for reading this.
Microsoft 365 and Office SharePoint For business Windows
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Kelly Edinger 80 Reputation points2023-10-18T18:00:09.41+00:00 This could be silly, but is your flow turned on? They're not automatically enabled when created, and they disable themselves after a month of no use.
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-18T18:15:19.4966667+00:00 yes, both are turned on. when off, the message is different, indicating it is off.
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-18T18:51:26.8466667+00:00 message when workflow is on, "There's a problem that needs to be fixed to trigger this flow. To see more details, open Flow checker." Message when workflow is off, "There's a potential problem with this flow. To see more details, open Flow checker."
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-18T19:01:10.2633333+00:00 flow checker shows no issues.
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Ling Zhou_MSFT 23,620 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2023-10-19T01:29:36+00:00 Hi @William Erickson,
Thank you for posting in this community.
Can you share the details of each step of your stream with me? I would like to reproduce your stream in my environment so that I can most likely find the problem. Please take care to code your private information.
Thank you for your time and efforts in advance. If there is any other assistance I can provide, please feel free to let me know.
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-19T14:32:07.2866667+00:00 @Kelly Edinger , I am co-owner of the document library and site.
@Ling Zhou_MSFT , I stated I created a simpler version of the workflow and provided the image of that workflow. Is there something else you need to look at?
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-19T15:02:33.5466667+00:00 interesting discovery, via SharePoint membership, I am owner, via Teams membership, I am member. I have made a request to get added as owner to test this idea. The workflow did work earlier and when I hit test on a failed line, it works. I created a simple version in another document library and currently I am not seeing this message stating there is an issue. But, I did not have that message on the other workflow at the beginning either (unless my permissions in Teams changed after creating the workflow).
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-19T15:40:52.5166667+00:00 I just found out my Teams Owner's position was removed sometime after creating the workflow. That seems to be what caused the issue. I was still the owner when viewing the SharePoint site. After getting put back as Owner in Teams, all the pinned up tasks fired off and the warning message went away.
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Kelly Edinger 80 Reputation points
2023-10-19T15:59:01.3633333+00:00 Happy to hear it!
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Kelly Edinger 80 Reputation points
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William Erickson 20 Reputation points
2023-10-19T16:03:25.91+00:00 it seems if the SharePoint site is created by Teams, the Teams Owner's group takes priority over the SharePoint site Owner's group.
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