Power Automate OData Filter Query 101: Filtering SharePoint Columns for Beginners
When building Power Automate flows with SharePoint, you often need to get list items or files that meet specific conditions – for example, “all completed tasks created after Jan 1”. Instead of retrieving all items and then filtering in the flow (which is slow and inefficient), you can use the OData Filter Query option on the Get items (or Get files (properties only) ) action. This filter query allows you to retrieve only the items you need by specifying conditions, leveraging SharePoint’s query engine for faster results [ sharepains.com teamdynamix.umich.edu ] . In this beginner-friendly guide, we’ll explain what OData filter queries are, why they’re useful, and provide examples for filtering various SharePoint column types . We’ll cover Yes/No, Date, Currency, Lookup, Choice (single and multi-select), Person (single and multi-select), Hyperlink, and Managed Metadata columns. For each, we’ll describe the SharePoint column setup, show the Filter Query syntax to use in Power Automa...