Add a SharePoint List to Quick Launch Using Power Automate

Yesterday, one of my subscribers reached out with an interesting requirement: they needed to create a SharePoint list and its columns using Power Automate and have that list automatically show up in the SharePoint site’s left-hand navigation (the quick launch menu).

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to add a SharePoint list link to the SharePoint site’s left navigation pane in Power Automate.

Add a SharePoint List to Quick Launch Using Power Automate

Now I’ll create a flow that first creates the SharePoint list and then automatically adds its link to the left navigation pane. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Power Automate and click Create -> Instant Cloud Flow. Select Manually trigger a flow as the trigger. Click + Add an input and add the following inputs:
   • SiteAddress (Type: Text)
   • ListName (Type: Text)

2. Then add a Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action from SharePoint Connector with the below parameter to create the SharePoint list:
   • Site Address: Provide the Site URL dynamic content.
   • Method: POST
   • URI:

_api/web/Lists/

3. Headers:

{
  "content-type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
  "accept": "application/json;odata=verbose"
}

4. Body:

{ '__metadata': { 'type': 'SP.List' }, 'AllowContentTypes': true,
 'BaseTemplate': 100, 'Description': 'My list description', 'Title': '@{triggerBody()?['text_1']}' }

5. Add again a Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action from SharePoint Connector with the below parameter to add a link to the left pane:
   • Then, add a Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action from SharePoint Connector with the below parameter to create the SharePoint list: Site Address: Provide the Site URL dynamic content.
   • Method: POST
   • URI:

_api/web/lists/getbytitle('@{triggerBody()?['text_1']}')  

5. Headers:

{
  "Accept": "application/json;odata=verbose",
  "Content-Type": "application/json;odata=verbose",
  "IF-MATCH": "*",
  "X-HTTP-Method": "MERGE"
}

5. Body:

{
  "__metadata": { "type": "SP.List" },
  "OnQuickLaunch": true
}

Run the Flow and See the Result

Click Save in the top-right corner of the designer. Click Test -> Manually. Enter the SiteAddress (for example, https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/TeamSite) and the ListName (for example, ProjectTasks). Select Run flow, then Done.

After the flow runs successfully, go to the SharePoint site URL you entered. Refresh the page. You should now see the new list (for example, ProjectTasks) in the left-hand navigation/Quick Launch menu.

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