Move files in folder from OneDrive to Sharepoint into a newly created folder

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I couldn't find a solution to this anywhere.

I want to do the following with PowerAutomate: Every month, move all files from a specified folder in OneDrive to a folder in SharePoint that is then created and named based on the current month an year.

I am new to this. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[CFernandes]

@Anonymous 

My solution:

In the Create Action, File Name I have used the Formula, 

concat(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM'),outputs('Compose'))

The Compose action hold the 'Name' Property the output of 'List files in Folder' action.

Output in SharePoint it add the current Month number at the start.

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[Anonymous]

@CFernandes Thanks a lot for the quick reply.

Two questions regarding this:

• Instead of adding the month to the files that are moved, I would like the name of the new SharePoint folder to be "MM-yyyy". How do I do that?
• In the Create Action on SharePoint, what do I put in the "Folder path" so it finds the correct new folder?

Best

[ScottShearer · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous 

Please see my example below and let me know if you have any questions.  The expression that I used in the Compose action can be found in the comments are.

[Anonymous]

@ScottShearer Great, thank you, this works! Even though the run history shows that the flow has failed due to a bad request at the "Create file" command. Error details: Root folder is not found. But all files are in a correctly named folder.

One small thing I had to change: in the "Create file" part the path needs to be "/Documents/..."

Also: Since I originally wanted to move the files, how do you delete the files in the OneDrive folder. For now it's only copying and then the files are both in the original OneDrive folder as well as the SharePoint.

Best

[ScottShearer]

@Anonymous 

I'm glad this worked for you!

To delete the OneDrive files, add a OneDrive for Business Delete File action after the SharePoint Create File action inside of the loop.

[Anonymous]

@ScottShearer 

Hi again,

I now got an error message with this flow for every single file that is supposed to be created in the new folder. Please see below. Could you clarify what is going wrong? 

Thanks a lot!

[Sara16]

I am having an issue here. What actions to make in this flow if my OneDrive has some subfolders along with files in the root folder? I want to export everything including the subfolders and the files within it : (

[ScottShearer]

@Sara16 

Accomplishing your goal will get complicated.  You will need to build a recursive Flow.  Here is a link to a blog post that will get you started.