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I am getting a !BadRequest error when trying to use SharePoint Copy Folder to copy series of template folders (inside same SharePoint site). The source is "/Shared Documents/00 Current Event/Public Information Management" and the destination is "/Shared Documents/00 20211203 Flood - Whangaehu 01/Public Information Management". I am doing a Create folder previously to create 00 20211203 Flood - Whangaehu 01 (which works) and then a List Folder on /Shared Documents/00 Current Event to get the subfolders and then Apply to Each to try and Copy the folder structure. Must be a syntax issue but I cannot figure out where. The Flow and the error are listed below (same error for all 14 folders in 00 Current Events)

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iltoningui 247 on at

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Hi @snow77245

I made a test and to copy a file you need to make sure the destination folder exists.

Hope this helps
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snow77245 8 on at

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The folder I am copying it to 00 20211203 Flood - Whangaehu 01 exists. Are you suggesting that I need to create Public Information Management in order to copy to it. That seems more like Copy Files than Copy Folders?

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Yes, I did a test and copying to a non exiting folder gave me an error.

You can set the path manually just to test this for yourself

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snow77245 8 on at

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Thanks for your help. I added a Create Folder call before the Copy Folder call and it worked (mostly). Fell over when the looping found a file in a folder and didn't know what to do. I must be missing something though as all I want to do is copy 1 set of folders (and its contents) into another folder and it shouldn't be this hard. I will keep trying

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snow77245 8 on at

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Got it working - as long as there were no documents in the top level of the folder that was being copied. Still seems odd though - most other languages you can just say "Copy folder A to folder B and you get /B/A" - no need to create the A folders first

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They must have set it up this way on purpose.

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