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Overwrite/skip file when creating a file in SharePoint using PAD

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Posted on by s3135977 22

Hi everyone

 

currently i have a flow in PAD to create some new files in sharedpoint, everything is working fine until the file exist in sharepoint

so when a file name exist it will error and stop the proccess, what i want it to do is to overwrite it or skip and go to the next step

 

 

 

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  • UshaJyothiKasibhotla Profile Picture
    UshaJyothiKasibhotla 229 Moderator on at
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    Hi@s3135977 

    Use if file exists activity and give the name of your file...
    Then create a label where you want to navigate if file exists and 
    Inside the if file exists 
    Use activity to to and give the label name you have created.......

    Hope this helps
    Usha.
    Hi Use if file exists activity and give the name of your file...Then create a label where you want to navigate if file exists and Inside the if file exists Use activity to to and give the label name you have created.......Hope this helpsUsha.
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    CU16071609-1 6,255 Moderator on at

    @s3135977 

     

    To my understanding, PAD doesn't offer a direct method for checking file existence within the SharePoint package.

     

    My suggestion would be to utilize the "Get Files" action to retrieve files from SharePoint. Afterward, you can check whether the specific file exists. Depending on the result, you can proceed with renaming or skipping it accordingly.

     

     

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