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Power Automate - Get File Content Failing when file not available

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Posted on by ishwariya 2

I have a Power Automate Flow which runs on daily basis getting the data from Power BI,
converts first to CSV and then converts this CSV file to Excel.
Though it runs on daily basis, it is not required that the data will be available on daily basis.
So, when the data is not available , the get file content fails.
The flow should pass when the data is not available.
Any condition could be applied before Get File Content?

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  • ishwariya Profile Picture
    ishwariya 2 on at

    @AlexEncodian Thanks Alex. I tried to use the 'Get file Properties' but its not working. When the flow is not getting the file content (the file content input is from "create csv file") and if csv file is not generated (it might happen as per our requirement if data is not available for the current day) , the get file content runs infinitiely and I have to cancel the flow. I am new to Power automate and I created this entire flow based on this video:

     Any help would be much appreciated.

    CSV to Excel Power Automate and Office Scripts Any File Encoding - Free | Fast | Easy - YouTube

     

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  • AlexEncodian Profile Picture
    AlexEncodian 4,409 Moderator on at

    @ishwariya 

    You have to check if the file exists before getting the file content.

     

    But I still don't understand why the file would ever not exist if you've just created it yourself.

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