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Power Automate - Building Flows
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Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

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Posted on 2 Apr 2024 10:50:23 by 260

Hello

I am getting occasional failures to my flow, caused by the  Send a HTTP request to SharePoint connector

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The flow is doing a lot of things, but what's happening here is that a folder is being copied from a template area, and then the HTTP request is renaming it 

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Delay had been set to 30 seconds, I've upped it to 75 now, hopefully that will improve it

 

Error is "NotFound"

 

Any advice appreciated

  • ConnM Profile Picture
    260 on 05 Apr 2024 at 09:10:13
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    Hey @Expiscornovus 

     

    Thanks for making me realise I had been over thinking this.

    I even went dumber and skipped the array. These folders are unlikely to change

    ConnM_0-1712308192420.png

     

    Much Appreciated

    Conn

  • ConnM Profile Picture
    260 on 03 Apr 2024 at 11:12:39
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    Thanks @Expiscornovus 

     

    I'll give this a test this evening. At one point there were files in the folders, but they are now generated from a template and added in later

     

    I hope this is more consistent than the HTTP requests (and the Copy Folder actually, I've had BadRequests there too)

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    Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    32,182 Most Valuable Professional on 03 Apr 2024 at 10:55:41
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    Hi @ConnM,

     

    Do you only want to create those 5 folders or are there also subfolders nested within any of those 5 folders?

     

    You could for example try the below approach and see if that performs a bit better?

     

    subfolders_layout.png

  • ConnM Profile Picture
    260 on 03 Apr 2024 at 10:32:14
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    Hi @Expiscornovus 

     

    Yes, the folder contains subfolders. This is a process that has to be done a couple times a week, and is monotonous.

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    When I first started using flow, I had created folders, and then tried to create folders within that, and found the process very challenging then. I do believe this is the better option, but am welcome to hear other opinions

     

    Conn

     

  • Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    32,182 Most Valuable Professional on 03 Apr 2024 at 10:25:34
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    Hi @ConnM,

     

    Out of interest, what is the reason you are copying a folder and renaming it afterwards and not just creating a new one instead?

     

    Are you also copying metadata and/or files/subfolders within that folder?

  • ConnM Profile Picture
    260 on 03 Apr 2024 at 09:51:47
    Re: Inconsistent failures with Send a HTTP request to SharePoint

    I think I'll just have to learn how to do try/catch error handling in SP. This process is not absolutely critical to be fully automated, I'll just deal with the failures

     

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