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Posted on by KevRit

Hi all,

I know it sounds not very useful what I try to do, but I just simplified the problem so that it is easier to explain. Basically, I want to delete a file via a flow, which I selected first in a library. When I test the flow, it tells me that it can't find the file. It is definitely there! Result from Test:

Flow:

If I use the picker for the delete command, it works without issues. If I type in the text, exactly the same like displayed getting there with the picker, it doesn't work either...

Is there some setting in the background I need to change? Or is it because I try to delete the file which is also triggering the flow?

I don't really get it, I created a very long flow with get metadata, creating new filenames, coping files... everything works besides the final step of deleting the file...

Thanks,

-Kev

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Re: Delete a selected file

Hi @KevRit

You need to pass the file identifier Id for deletion. You can get the ID from the selected file action step.

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Re: Delete a selected file

Hi @KevRit ,

We need to configure Identifier in Delete file action.

You could use Get file properties action to get Identifier first.

Please refer to the following image to configure Flow:

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

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Re: Delete a selected file

Hi @KevRit

I didn't realised that file identifier and Id from the selected files are two different things. Too many ID's 🙂 Please follow @v-bacao-msft suggestion. That should work.

Thanks

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Re: Delete a selected file

Hi thanks for your help! I didn't try your recommendations, but it seems very reasonable, I thought the whole time that ID and Identifier are the same fields.

I found another solution. Instead of writing '/', I wrote %252f, because that field gets interpreted as url. That worked too.

Thanks,
-Kevin

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