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Posted on by Corey_l Microsoft Employee

I have a flow that is triggered when a SharePoint file is created.  If the file is a log file it moves it to a sub folder but the issue is that when the file hits the sub folder the flow is triggered again and obviously fails since the source and destination is the same.  Is there anything I can add to the flow to prevent it from looking in subfolders?  I am trying to prevent moving the Logs folder out from within the main folder.  Screenshot of the flow is below.

 

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    efisher 52 on at

    Can you try using a different trigger: instead of when a file is created (properties only ) use When a file is created in a folder.

    this allows you to pick any subfolder in your doc library and then move it to a different subfolder in the same library without "getting file properties.

    In the condition use FileIdentifier ends with .log - see screen below. 

    hope this helps

     

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