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Fix Power Automate Creating Blank SharePoint List Rows

Ayan MasoodAyan Masood Oct 10, 2026 868 views

Question details

The user's Power Automate flow successfully runs and creates new rows in a SharePoint list, but the columns in those generated rows contain no data.

Fix Power Automate Creating Blank SharePoint List Rows
Product
Power Automate / SharePoint
Device & OS
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Scenario
Automating data transfer from a submitted form to a SharePoint list using a Power Automate flow.
Observed behavior
The automation flow executes without any error messages and adds new rows to the target SharePoint list, but all the column values in the new rows are completely blank.
Before you start

Ensure you have edit permissions for the source form and the target SharePoint list, and verify that the flow's connection credentials to both services are active.

Solution 1Recommended

Verify and Rebuild Dynamic Content Mappings

Incorrect or missing dynamic content mapping between the form responses and SharePoint columns is the most common cause of empty rows.

When transferring data, Power Automate relies on dynamic content tokens to map form answers to list columns. If these tokens are missing, mapped to the wrong field, or corrupted, the flow will pass empty values to SharePoint despite running successfully.

1
Open flow in edit mode

Navigate to the Power Automate portal, select your specific flow from the 'My flows' list, and click on 'Edit' to view the workflow steps.

2
Locate the Create item action

Scroll down to the 'Create item' (SharePoint) action and expand it to reveal the list of SharePoint columns.

3
Check field mappings

Review each column field to ensure it contains the correct dynamic content token representing the corresponding form question.

4
Re-insert dynamic content

If a field is empty or contains an incorrect token, click inside the field, delete any wrong data, and select the correct response token from the dynamic content menu on the right.

5
Add Get response details

If you are using Microsoft Forms and do not see your questions in the dynamic content menu, ensure you have added the 'Get response details' action immediately after the trigger step.

Verify and Rebuild Dynamic Content Mappings
Mapping Complete: After saving your changes, manually submit a test form response to verify that the SharePoint list row now populates with the correct data.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why are my SharePoint Choice columns not populating from Microsoft Forms?

This often occurs if the exact spelling, capitalization, or spacing of the form options doesn't perfectly match the SharePoint choice options. In Power Automate, make sure you map the form response to the choice column as a 'Custom value' rather than selecting a static option.

Can a required SharePoint column cause blank rows if the data is missing?

Generally, if a required column is missing data during a Power Automate run, the flow will fail and return an error instead of creating a blank row. Finding a completely blank row usually means the flow succeeded but was instructed to pass empty strings or null values.

How do I fix empty form responses appearing in the dynamic content menu?

If your dynamic content menu is empty or missing specific questions, ensure you have added the 'Get response details' action right after your trigger. Without this action, Power Automate only registers that a form was submitted but does not retrieve the actual answers.