File Directory, not full path with filename

[akharns]

The Path property contains the file name.  I want to store the File Name and the Directory separately.  How can I get just the directory, without the file name?

[akharns]

LOL.  This isn't the most effiecient mode of communication.  

Under Verify File Name (a condition), condition YES, I am invoking Add a row into Event Log (Excel insert row).  In the Source output field, I am using Expression and Dynamic Content to build the expression with these two fields.

[abm]

Hi @akharns ,

Yes the gateway connection is working for me now. So I did built a flow similar like yours but I can't see those properties in my flow action step.

In your screen shot I can see properties List of Files File Locator, List f files Id, List of Files IsFolder etc... See my properties below. So that means there is something wrong with your flow action "List Files in folder". Where does you getting the above mentioned properties from?

Here is my flow and flow action properties.

[akharns]

I don't know enough to know how List Of Files.... was created.  It's being triggered by When A File Is Created.  I wouldn't think there would be a "list of files".  

The odd part is that I don't get an error when using any field directly, without an expression, and I don't have a problem if I put this expression in a different output field, such as one I have called Notes.  There's something weird about that one field "source".

[abm]

Hi @akharns 

Thanks for your reply. In your earlier screenshot you provided the trigger was manual and now I can see where the list of files properties are coming from. I did constructed a flow. Below are the steps for getting the filename and path. 

Expressions are as follows:

Variable SplitFilePathAndName expression:

split(variables('FilePathAndFileName'), '\')

Variable Filename expression:

last(variables('SplitFilePathAndName'))

Variable FilePath expression:

replace(variables('FilePathAndFileName'), variables('Filename'), '')

Below are my test results:

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[akharns]

I will give this a try, but is there a reason that my solution would not work?  A simpler solution (one step instead of several) sounds like a better, if possible.

[akharns]

I just ran a test, using your method and mine and they produced the same results.  I am convinced that the original problem was specific to the field I was writing it to.

[abm]

Hi @akharns 

Glad to hear that it is resolved and thanks for the update.

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[akharns · Accepted solution]

We have shown to valid ways to compute the file's directory, but we have not solved the problem.  How can I fix Flow or my Excel table so I can populate the Source column?  I tried thought if I deleted the column and re-added it in the table, it might do it, but it did not. 

I conclude that it can't  be fixed.  I can add a new column to the table and start using that.  I can't name it with the old name.