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Create Sharepoint Rule with Power Automate

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Posted on by VarshaB 2
Hello Team,
 
We want to create a sharepoint rule which should automatically copy the new files/folder which was created in one of the SharePoint Sub Folders to different SharePoint Site subfolder. 
 
We tried to create a rule from Power automate as there is no direct rule from SP site. But we are receiving below error. 
 
Is this requirement even possible?
 
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    MS.Ragavendar 7,431 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    SharePoint and OneDrive for Business prohibit certain special characters and file naming conventions. Invalid characters include " * : < > ? / \ | # % ~ &. Additionally, file names cannot start with a tilde (~) or end with a period (.) or space, and names like _vti_ are restricted. 
     
     
    If you providing such any of characters mentioned it will throw this error, try avoiding those characters the folder or file gets created.
     
    ✅If this helped, please Accept as Solution to help others ❤️ A Like is appreciated 🏷️ Tag @MS.Ragavendar for follow-ups.
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    VarshaB 2 on at
    Thanks for your response.
     
    I have excluded all these characters although file name doesn't have any special characters
     
    if(
    equals(lastIndexOf(outputs('DestinationFullPath'), '/'), -1),
    variables('DestinationRoot'),
    replace(
    replace(
    replace(
    replace(
    replace(
    replace(
    substring(outputs('DestinationFullPath'), 0, lastIndexOf(outputs('DestinationFullPath'), '/')),
    '&', '-'
    ),
    '#', ''
    ),
    '%', ''
    ),
    '{', ''
    ),
    '}', ''
    ),
    '~', ''
    )
    )
     
     
    This is my flow
     

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