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How to force SharePoint Updates after file Creation through Power Automate

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I am currently creating a video library for our team. These files are sent in by team members via a Microsoft Form survey where they attach the video. I then use Power Automate to Get the file content from Onedrive, Creating a new file in the SharePoint location, then updating the file meta data with the user submitted form.

This process works correctly, however when using a PnP search tool on the SharePoint page these files take over 24 hours to populate at times. However when I manually add these to the document library or move them from one SharePoint document library to another these show up.

Looking into the properties of the files, when added from power automate it appears that they are not immediately being cashed via this line.
"x-ms-apihub-cached-response": "false"

When looking at the moved files this was set to "True".

I tried the "Get Meta Data" nodes and "update properties" node to trigger SharePoint to update the file but nothing was working to force the update. Is there any way in power automat that I could force this interaction to happen or do I have to wait the 24-48 hours for the system to crawl through automatically?
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    trice602 Profile Picture
    13,995 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    How to force SharePoint Updates after file Creation through Power Automate
     
    I haven't seen one take 24-48 hours in a LONG time but understand.  I don't think there is a process that can help you do this in power automate.  As a workaround, can you give team members the folder link and have them drag their videos into the folder directly, copy the share link, and post that in your Form?
     

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