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retrieve previous filename in case of shrepoint rename file (document library)

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Hi, I have a file library that I need to synchronize with an FTP folder. Everything works fine in case of file creation, deletion, and modification. What I can't achieve is when a file is renamed in SharePoint. In this case, the modification trigger is triggered, but I don't know how to retrieve the previous file name in order to rename it in the FTP. Thanks.

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HenWang Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @apellizzari ,

For now, I think this is not possible to achieve in power automate flow. The file name information could not be captured before the user change the file name. Even the "Get changes for an item or a file (properties only)" action is not able to capture the value of the file name.

I did think about other way like creating a new sharepoint list to hold all of the file names and do the filter action after someone change the file name and make the sync for the file in the FTP, but this would be too complicated and not ideal for this request.

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Hen Wang

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lbendlin 8,726 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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I noticed the other day that the ODATA call against a SharePoint list returns the original column names. Might be interesting to try the same with a document library.

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I also tried to make a versioning HTTP call in SharePoint, but the previous file name is not returned.
{
"d": {
"results": [
{
"__metadata": {
"id": "https://xxxx/ddf_doc_commerciale/_api/SP.FileVersiona43d0a97-1390-4a29-8e0d-397ba6a7f8e8",
"uri": "https://dxxxx/_api/SP.FileVersiona43d0a97-1390-4a29-8e0d-397ba6a7f8e8",
"type": "SP.FileVersion"
},
"CreatedBy": {
"__deferred": {
"uri": "https://xxxx/_api/SP.FileVersiona43d0a97-1390-4a29-8e0d-397ba6a7f8e8/CreatedBy"
}
},
"CheckInComment": "",
"Created": "2023-04-10T07:46:25Z",
"ID": 512,
"IsCurrentVersion": false,
"Length": "31527",
"Size": 31527,
"Url": "_vti_history/512/Documenti condivisi/Immagini_sito/FA00078406B0____.JPG",
"VersionLabel": "1.0"
},

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