Creating a Flow With Many "OR" Conditions

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Hi - I've

Old Flow: Basically only had one condition and triggered a different condition if "no" to update an item on a list.

New Flow: I need to update the APIC item on a list based on whether one value is true from a list of about 20 values. It works when I do one condition with about the max number of conditions (first image below), but once I nest another set of conditions under "if no" the list does not update (ie., flow doesn't work - second image below). Can anyone help me get this to work with an expression or a filter array or something like that? Thanks!

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eliotcole 4,414 Moderator on at

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Try playing with the filter action (don't worry, you're not keeping the action) and add a condition there ... then tap the 'advanced' button ... this will give you some insight into what goes into an expression or function or two to get what you need.

You might well find yourself building it much more easily than you'd previously have thought possible!

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David_MA 15,099 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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You would use an expression like this:

You'll need to update it with your dynamic values and what you want to match on, but the expression used here is below. Just add a comma after the next to last closing parentheses and add your additional equals() expressions for the 20 you have.

or(equals(outputs('Get_item')?['body/CostCenterName'], 'Other Operating Inc'), equals(outputs('Get_item')?['body/CostCenterName'], 'Other Operating Exp'))

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eliotcole 4,414 Moderator on at

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Much better, @David_MA , I didn't know that the new designer allowed 'Code view' on the Conditions, that's a great way for them to learn this. :-)

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Ellis Karim 12,185 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@DW-15072156-0,

Another option when you have lots of values to test against: store the values you want to test in an array, then check if the array contains the "peer review" value or whatever value you need to test.

Here is an example:

Here, the condition checks can be simplified to just one row:

The same for condition 2:

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David_MA 15,099 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@Ellis Karim I like your array suggestion to store the values you want to check against. It's much simpler than writing out a long expression.

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