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Posted on by MattConnex

I found a couple of topics on this, but none are quite right for what I'm trying to do. Basically I have a folder structure that looks similar to Documents\<user created folder>\subfolder1\subfolders2-5 and then repeat for 10 total subfolders, each with 3-5 subfolders underneath them. I need this to trigger when that user created folder is created and only on that level, then the sub-folder should all be created underneath.

The issue I'm running into is I can't figure out two things:
1) How to make this trigger ONLY when a user creates a folder at that top level, not within a sub-folder

2) How I can reference that user created folder for creating the subfolder structure.

So far the only thing I've written is the basic condition to identify if a folder was created:

Any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.

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MattConnex 11 on at

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Actually, I think I have this one, I missed this post when I was searching:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Flows/If-SharePoint-Folder-create-than-create-subfolder-in-the-created/td-p/1404087

This seems to get me a good chunk of the way there. I can create the initial sub-folders now and it only triggers when a folder is created at the top level. However, I'm having trouble getting the folders deeper down the tree created. So I have for example:

/Test
//Test1
//Test2
//Test3

But, I also need:

/Test
//Test1
///Test1-sub
///Test2-sub

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MattConnex 11 on at

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Nevermind, I've got this. In case anyone else runs into this when you create the array you can build out multiple layers of sub-folders in the array with /

So:

"Test"
"Test/Sub Test"
"Test/Sub Test/Second sub"

And it will do what you need.

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MattConnex,

Can you share your Power Automate flow on how you created the subfolders populate. I have a similar project. I am able to create the trigger to create the initial folder in Document Library. However, not able to automatically trigger the automated subfolders. I tried different methods and it either works for one folder, or it creates a continuous loop, or the folders are created as new folders in the Document Library not within the initial created folder.

Example: SP Doc Lib > New Folder created by end user > Automatically create Subfolders (5)

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