Office 365 Create List Item or Document Set
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Creates a new item in a list or a new document set in a library on SharePoint Online. This action can be used to automate the creation of list items and document sets.
Note: To create document sets, you must activate the Document Sets feature for the site collection and add the document set functionality to the document library.
Action settings
Do one of the following to open the Action configuration window:
- Double-click the action.
- Click on the action and then click Configure.
See Action configuration window for more information.
Field | Description |
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Destination site URL |
URL of the destination site for the new list item or document set. |
Connection |
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Username / Password |
(Displayed for legacy actions not yet updated.) Unmanaged credentials.
Note: As a best practice, manage credentials by updating actions to use connections. |
List or document library |
Name of the list or document library for the new list item or document set. |
Folder |
Destination folder or folder path for the new list item or document set. If the folder does not exist in the specified path, a new folder is created. Examples: FolderA or FolderA\SubFolderA Caution: The specified folder will only work for lists with less than 5000 items. If you add a folder that has more than 5000 items in the list, the workflow will fail. |
Fields |
Field values for the new list item or document set. A value can be specified for any existing field in the destination list or document library. List item configuration
No fields are required for creating a list item; however, you may want to define the content type used for the new list item. If no fields are specified, then a newly created default content type is used for creating the list item. If you want to define the content type used for the new list item, then you can specify a field for the content type (either its ID or name). The following example illustrates field configuration (Field, Type, and Value parameters) to create a list item using the content type named "Report".
Use the Settings page to find internal names and content type IDs of list columns. To find the content type ID of an existing list item
Document set configuration
Two fields are required to create a document set: Content Type and Name. The following example illustrates field configuration (Field, Type, and Value parameters) to create a document set named "Feature Request Document Set" with a content type name of "FeatureReqDocSet". For more information about document set content types, see the Microsoft article Create and configure a new document set content type.
To find the name of a document set
To find the content type ID of a document set
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Created item ID |
Variable to store the ID of the new list item or document set. |
Created item URL |
Variable to store the URL of the new list item or document set. |