SharePoint Online - List Read Items
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Overview
You can use this Snap to read items of a list from the SharePoint Online site. The Snap allows the following operations on the list of items being read:
Filter the list items using query parameters
Retrieve item details from specific fields (columns) in the list
Sort the list items retrieved in the result
Snap Type
SharePoint Online - List Read Items Snap is a Read-type Snap.
Prerequisites
Valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site.
Valid Azure application with all the required API permissions.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines. However, we recommend that you not use this Snap in an Ultra Pipeline. To know the list of Snaps that work in Ultra and the related caveats, refer to Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations and Known Issues
None.
Snap Views
Type | Format | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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Input | Document |
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| A document containing the metadata of the list items to be retrieved. |
Output | Document |
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| A document containing the list items in the selected list. |
Error | Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:
Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines. |
Snap Settings
Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.
Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field Name | Field Type | Description | |
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Label* Â Default Value:Â SharePoint Online - List Read Items | String | Specify a unique name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline. | |
Site* Â Default Value:Â N/A | String/Expression | Specify the name of a site which contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent Snap settings. | |
Custom Site Path  Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Enable this option if your site URL contains a custom path that deviates from the default site URL. Default site path always has the prefix ‘site/’ before the sitename, a custom site can contain the prefix ‘team/’ or it can have no prefix. | |
List name*  Default Value: N/A | String/Expression/Suggestion | Select a list name from the document library suggestions provided in this field. The suggested list names pertain to the SharePoint Online site specified already. This field cannot provide any document library suggestions when you define Site as as expression. This may result in an exception for suggestions. | |
Filter query  Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Enter the query to filter the retrieved list of items from the selected list when you want to retrieve a set of list items. | |
Select fields  Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the comma-separated field/column names from the metadata to be included to the output view. | |
Expand list items  Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the comma-separated column names of the list to be retrieved from the list. | |
Top  Default Value: 200 | Integer/Expression | Specify an integer value to define the number of retrieved list items to be displayed per page (pagination). While providing a value in this field, do not select Auto pagination check box. | |
Auto pagination  Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select this checkbox to retrieve all items within the selected folder/directory. If not selected (by default), the Snap returns a maximum of 200 records per page. | |
Order by Properties | Use this fieldset to Enter the properties and order they want to be displayed when found more one item with one or more similar properties. | ||
Property name  Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify the attribute name of the item/drive/folder to be sorted. | |
Order type  Default Value: asc | Dropdown list/Expression | Select the appropriate order type to perform the sorting on the server-side. Avaialble options are:
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Connection details | Use this field set to specify connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs. | ||
Connection Timeout* Â Default Value:Â 30 | Integer | Specify the connection timeout duration in seconds. | |
Number of Retries* Â Default Value:Â 3 | Integer | Specify the maximum number of reconnections in case of a connection failure or timeout. | |
Retry Interval (seconds)* Â Default Value:Â 10 | Integer | Specify the time interval in seconds between connection attempts. | |
Snap Execution  Default Value: Validate & Execute | Dropdown list | Specify the required Pipeline execution type:
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Troubleshooting
Error | Reason | Resolution |
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HTTP Response Code:404 | The specified List name was not found. | Ensure that the entered List name is valid and that the Snap has access to it. |
Forbidden exception:403 | Either the user or the app does not have sufficient permissions to read the metadata for the document library. | Ensure that the required permissions are provided to the account both at the user level and the application level. |
HTTP Response Code:400 | Response Message: Invalid filter clause | Ensure that the filter condition provided is valid and does not resolve to zero records. |
Failure: The fields "Automatic pagination" and "Top" cannot be used at the same time. Please implement only one of them. | The Snap can either perform automatic pagination of all records or retrieve the top n number of records for the result set, but not both simultaneously. | Select/specify only one of these options: Auto pagination check box, Top field. |
Examples
Read Items on a List
This Pipeline example demonstrates how you can retrieve the items of a list with its metadata of the item. The example assumes you have configured and authorized a valid SharePoint Online Account. For more information, refer to SharePoint Online Account.
Configure the SharePoint Online—List Read Items Snap, as shown below, to retrieve the items along with their respective metadata.
After successful validation or execution of the Snap, the results displays in the output preview.
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