wpnas.blogg.se - Copy file to new folder

You can choose to keep the same name as the original file or you can give it a new name that includes the client or project name. Copy File - For each file in the folder create a new copy of the file in the new client/project folder.

If you have sub-folders, you'll need to repeat this block for each of those to get all the files. It doesn't go into the sub-folders though.

List folder - This block lists all the files and sub-folders in a folder.

Create new folder - This block creates a new folder using the client/project name in the document library for project files.

Once the trigger is setup, you can begin adding the following blocks to build the automation flow: In the trigger block, you can also add a field so you can enter the name of the client or the project to be added the new folder. This will add this flow to the SharePoint document library menu so you can trigger it from the SharePoint site itself. The trigger is the "For a selected file" SharePoint block. Once you have this folder setup, you can begin creating the Power Automate Instant Flow. You can store it in the same place as you want to store the project files or you can store it somewhere else. The first step in creating this automation is to create a template folder in SharePoint containing all the default files you need to kick-off your project. Some teams can have many files they need to copy for each new client or project! If you store your project files in SharePoint, you can take advantage of this Power Automate Instant Flow to automate your project kick-off. Not a complicated process, but I only have three files. Originally, I had template files that I would copy manually from a default folder into a new folder specifically for the project. When I start a project, there are usually three files that I know I'm going to need.