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Posted on by Goose05

Hi Guys,

I am new to flow and I am trying to achieve the following. I need to create a flow that will run on a schedule. The flow needs to identify files in a document library, whose modified date is older than 3 years. It then needs to grab these files and move them to another document library called Archived.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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v-yuazh-msft on at

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Hi @Goose05,

You could refer to screenshot below to create the flow to move file from library1 to library2 when the file is older than 30 days:

The expression in the Condition as below:

@lessOrEquals(items('Apply_to_each')?['Modified'], addDays(utcNow(), -30))

If you want to move file from library1 to library2 when the file is older than 3 years, the expression should as below:

@lessOrEquals(items('Apply_to_each')?['Modified'], subtractFromTime(utcNow(), 3, 'Year'))

Best regards,

Alice

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CSIDavids 2 on at

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I am getting an error that the expression is not valid. I am using this one:
@lessOrEquals(items('Apply_to_each')?['Modified'], subtractFromTime(utcNow(), 3, 'Year'))

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Community Power Pla... on at

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Hi I have attempted the same solution on my side and I am getting a "Action 'Get_file_content' failed" error. I am trying to archive files from one library to a another library within the same share point. The flow does work if I try to archive within the same library.

{
"status": 404,
"message": "File not found\r\nclientRequestId: "
}

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gapparicio 2 on at

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I would like to add a parameter: EMAILS THAT THE SUBJECT CONTAINS "ABC123".
Can you help me please?

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abrarali 8 on at

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I have tried recreating the flow, but getting the error: {
"status": 404,
"message": "File not found\r\nclientRequestId: 9d411da1-1aa1-4a0d-a8af-e4ac594a3933\r\nserviceRequestId: 9d411da1-1aa1-4a0d-a8af-e4ac594a3933"
}

Can someone provide any suggestions?

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CU29071423-0 134 on at

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Everything looks easy, however PA copy or move for files have known problems in Sharepoint as of Aug 2025, in my case I never get same number of rows on target vs source Excel file, some rows just got lost.

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