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Move files with "xxxx" prefix to folders with "xxxx" prefix.

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Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hi All,

 

I have a tough time completing this task in Sharepoint.

 

Source folder contains around 1800 files with names like "0001 - plan.pdf" or "5002 - test.pdf".

Destination folder contains 1600 folders with names like "0001 - Name of the location" etc.

 

I want to extract the prefix from all the source files and then search through the destination folders to find the matching prefix in the destination folder and then move the file. 

 

I listed all the files in the source and destination folder and then attempted to retrieve the prefix however nothing I already tried seem to be working. I'm fairly knew to power automate and this seemed like simple task but it quickly became overwhelming. 

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    v-dezhili-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    Your folder and file names have "-" separate?
    If you all have "-" You can refer to the following tests from separate.

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    If you have a large number of files, you can open the Pagination.

     

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    Best Regards,

    Dezhi

     

     

     

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