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This seems like it should be easy, but I would like to trigger when a file is added to one of the many sub-folders in an Uploads folder on a SharePoint site. I would like to use non-deprecated trigger.

The AI keeps suggesting using the trigger "When a file is created (properties only)" with the IncludeSubfolders parameter, but this doesn't seem to be a valid parameter. The error is "'IncludeSubfolders' is no longer present in the operation schema. It should be removed before the workflow is re-saved."

Once this is working, I'm hoping to send an email with a list of new files and paths.

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v-yetonggu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @NeveUNC ,

Please check this test:

Choosing the specific subfolder in When a file is created(properties only) trigger.

Inbox Email:

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Sunshine Gu

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Thanks, but the folder I want to check has over 40 sub-folders and I really don't want to create a flow for each sub-folder. I would like a recursive search. It doesn't even have to be triggered on a new file, perhaps I could run the flow every night and look for new files.

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Hi @NeveUNC ,

Please check this test:

My Outlook Inbox:

My Flow Overall Preview:

Flow Configuration Parameters:

Get the Created Date greater than and is equals to today's date files property.

Please turn on Settings to set the pagination threshold to 5000:

Created ge '@{utcNow('yyyy-MM-dd')}'

{ "Name":@{items('Apply_to_each')?['{FilenameWithExtension}']}, "ContentBytes":@{body('Get_file_content')} }

Best Regards,

Sunshine Gu

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NeveUNC 5 on at

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Thank You, but this seems like a very complicated solution to a very simple task. I think (yet again) I'm just going to dismiss PA as too immature a product. Why can't there just be a recursive option?

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