Greetings!

Not sure if this is the right forum, but…

I am having a bit of a problem. I have a Sharepoint List where, amongst other fields, a field of multiple “Person or Group” type exists, let us call it fieldA. I have a workflow with a trigger for created or changed item. There is a condition in it where, when reached, must change a simple string field in the item that triggered it.

I go and get the item and then try to use the Update Item action. Now my problem starts.

I have read, whether it is correct or not, that the update item MUST be given all values which cannot be empty in the list. And when I try to do my update without setting values for the mandatory fields, I promptly get an error message when I try to save the workflow. However, when I place a reference to the value I got as current for fieldA, it says that I am trying to alter a read only property, DisplayName, even though I am just using the current value.

Is there not a way to change just a single field without even trying to touch the others? And if there is not, how do I go around this silliness of it apparently detecting that an equal Person means I am trying to change the DisplayName?

Thanks!

​Greetings!Not sure if this is the right forum, but…I am having a bit of a problem. I have a Sharepoint List where, amongst other fields, a field of multiple “Person or Group” type exists, let us call it fieldA. I have a workflow with a trigger for created or changed item. There is a condition in it where, when reached, must change a simple string field in the item that triggered it.I go and get the item and then try to use the Update Item action. Now my problem starts.I have read, whether it is correct or not, that the update item MUST be given all values which cannot be empty in the list. And when I try to do my update without setting values for the mandatory fields, I promptly get an error message when I try to save the workflow. However, when I place a reference to the value I got as current for fieldA, it says that I am trying to alter a read only property, DisplayName, even though I am just using the current value.Is there not a way to change just a single field without even trying to touch the others? And if there is not, how do I go around this silliness of it apparently detecting that an equal Person means I am trying to change the DisplayName?Thanks!  Read More

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