[urgent]generate word document from sharepoint list item using flow

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[urgent]generate word document from sharepoint list item using flow

sweetu ve 286

generating word document from a sharepoint list item using microsoft flow but i would like to understand its default to flow process,is there anything advanced /specific we could build if any objects in addition to the generation of word document from list item

Chelsea Wu 6,341 Reputation points Moderator

2020-09-08T06:55:25.193+00:00

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Chelsea Wu 6,341 Reputation points Moderator

2020-09-08T06:55:25.193+00:00

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Chelsea Wu 6,341 Moderator

Can you explain a little more about the “if any objects in addition to the generation of word document from list item” part from your requirement?

Here are what you need during this process:

A document template from a library with site columns set up. The document template contains all required document properties updated from Quick Parts in Word.
A custom list from which the flow will retrieve the data, same site columns as the library are added.
A flow to do the rest of the job, including getting data from the list, creating new document on item creation and updating the document properties.

You can refer to this link for a detailed guidance on building this flow:
Generate MS Word Document Consuming SharePoint List Data From A Document Template Using MS Flow And Quick Parts.

sweetu ve 286 Reputation points

2020-08-04T08:11:07.347+00:00

Thank you.

generating word document is helpful but i would like to know if we could enhance further to this word document generation into additional capabilities in the flow process.
Chelsea Wu 6,341 Reputation points Moderator

2020-08-05T05:45:17.277+00:00

You can add additional steps to the current flow to achieve further requirement.
But since this flow is mainly used to create new documents, you can use another flow to do rest of the work.
Chelsea Wu 6,341 Reputation points Moderator

2020-08-07T01:27:23.617+00:00

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sweetu ve 286 Reputation points

2020-08-07T07:10:36.863+00:00

Thanks for your inputs.

i would like to understand generating word document can be done in OOTB right and what is the specific thing by generating word document consuming SharePoint list data from a document template using flow.are we using any object which is not available in OOTB.

Kindly clarify.
Chelsea Wu 6,341 Reputation points Moderator

2020-08-07T08:56:48.943+00:00

All these actions in Flow can be done manually, as you can see in the provided reference. The reason why we are using a flow is to automate this process so that we do not need to manually do the job on every new document/item.

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