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Hello everyone,

im completly new to the Power Platform Tools and facing a problem in my first project.

I want to create a Power App which copy and paste a file from one sharepoint document library to another. The file(s) should be choosen inside the Power App through a catalog which displays the documents from a sharepoint library using a filter function.

Filter(Dokumente;'Folder path' = "Freigegebene Dokumente/PPT Dokumente/")

Inside this catalog there are checkboxes for selecting the files to be copied.

For copying the selected files i created a flow in Power Automate:

For selecting the file to copy and the target folder i used: "Ask in Power Apps"

Then i inserted the flow in my Power App an linked it to a button. To run the flow it now asks for the two parameters (Which file i want to copy/The target Folder). Now i dont know how to set this two parameters in Power Apps.

The first one should be set through the checkboxes in the catalog and the last one through a dropdown which shows the folders in the sharepoint library.

It would be very nice if someone knows how to do that or can give me some advice for getting this done!

Thank you in advance!

Dominik

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Hi @dominik_stefan ,

Please follow below steps:

1\ In Power Apps, Checkbox OnCheck and OnUncheck need to move current row's file identifier in/out of a collection to use in the Flow:

Items of designated folder selecting combo box:

Filter(Documents, IsFolder).'Full Path'

OnCheck of the check box:

Collect(files, ThisItem.Identifier)

OnUncheck of the check box:

RemoveIf(files, Value = ThisItem.Identifier)

OnSelect of flow trigger button:

Flow.Run(JSON(files.Value,JSONFormat.IgnoreBinaryData),ComboBox1.Selected.'Full Path')

2\ in Power Automate:

JSON schema:

{
 "Type": "array",
 "items": {
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
 "Value": {
 "type": "string"
 }
 }
 }
}

Value expression of File to Copy:

items('Apply_to_each')?['Value']

Hope this helps.

Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
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