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I have the following problem:

I have a list on sharepoint (called ListA) with the following data in it:

Procedure Number	Product	Filename	Filename created
123456	Testproduct	123456_theFilename.pdf	Yes
458725	Testproduct2	458725_theFilename.pdf	No

And I also have a sharepoint library with different files in it that are all named like this:

123456.pdf

458725.pdf

Now I want to create a flow that changes the name from 123456.pdf to 123456_theFilename.pd once the Yes/No column in the list is changed from No to Yes. Now I think I know how to trigger the flow. I used the following:

Now hoe do I do the rest?

I searched various tips and forums and I figured at the moment there is no 'elegant' way to change a file name.

You have to create a new file and delete the old one as I understand it.

But how do I make sure that I change only the file with the name corresponding to the procedure number?

I tried the following but it didn't seem to work.

Also I am having trouble with changing the file name...

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance! 🙂

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Hi @Anonymous ,

After your trigger check the flag is Yes. If yes then create a new file, delete the old file. You can get the old file name from your new filename format (123456_theFilename.pdf) by using a split function.

If you need any further help in this please let me know.

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Please refer to screenshot below to create the flow:

Best regards,

Alice

Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
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That you! That works really well 🙂

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