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Posted on by Dillon2 10

I am trying to build a flow that will be setup to remove all files from a sub folder if they are older than 180 days.

 

I have viewed multiple solved guides all with no success.

The flows seem to succeed, however no action is taken each time.

Current flow:

Screenshot 2023-06-06 112738.png

Though I have built this to have filters on the Get files query to ```Created lt'addDays(utcNow(), -180)```

The expression in the condition is 

Dillon2_0-1686015005068.png

After I run the flow I get the below:

Dillon2_1-1686015068411.png

 

Indicating it was successful, but nothing happens.

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  • Botaverse Profile Picture
    Botaverse 90 on at

    Hi mate, The expression still shows 180 in positive, can you double check that

  • Dillon2 Profile Picture
    Dillon2 10 on at

    Cheers!

    Good pickup, updated the expression:

    Dillon2_0-1686022991017.png

    same result I'm afraid.

  • Botaverse Profile Picture
    Botaverse 90 on at

    can you check the format for file created date, because UtcNow() is having date with timestamp, i believe it will work if both are in same format.

  • Dillon2 Profile Picture
    Dillon2 10 on at

    Hey,

    I decided to go back to super basics, and see if anything would work, even without filters or conditions, so I removed this, and put in a compose action on the identifier:

    Dillon2_0-1686024402426.png


    Even this shows no results.

    I think I have located part of the issue when going deeper into my file structure.
    It seems that I may be hitting a limit in the number of items, as there are a few thousand files, 

    Dillon2_1-1686024883334.png


    In this case I am moving newer files into a new folder (those created in the past 3 months) and then doing a bulk delete of the folder, and setting up the rule from scratch.

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