How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

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Posted on 30 Apr 2020 16:26:09 by Eri_V

Hi,

I configured a flow in order to create several folders and sub folders in a doc library once an item has been added in a list. This is working fine!

However, I need to pin one of these subfolders created by the workflow. How can I do this?

ex.

Once an item is created, then create

Folder 1, subfolder a (Folder1/subfoldera), subfolder b (Folder1/subfolderb)

and then : pin subfolder b

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Pin to top functionnality is available in Sharepoint. Once this pin is selected, the folder is always displayed on the top of the library as shown in my screenshot :

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petecuttriss 4 on 28 May 2023 at 20:30:41

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Re: How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

Hi @Anonymous , sorry for the delayed response. The best bet to trouble shoot this if you are having a problem is to carry out the pinning manually (i.e. via the GUI) and as you do this, take a look at the network calls via the debugging console. You should see a call to "AddToSpotlight" and that will show you the parameters which you can then confirm you are setting correctly via your Power Automate call.

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Pete

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Community Power Pla... on 03 May 2023 at 06:30:20

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Re: How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

Hi @petecuttriss , I tried same above in power automate. it is not working. any chance to help.

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petecuttriss 4 on 04 May 2021 at 03:58:50

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Re: How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

Hi everyone, this was something that I was looking to do via Power Automate also. In the end I found the answer with the help of the following stackexchange post: https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/252905/how-to-programmatically-pin-a-document-to-the-top-of-a-modern-library

To apply this REST API call within Power Automate, I used the Send an HTTP request to SharePoint action:

Uri: /_api/web/GetListUsingPath(DecodedUrl=@a1)/GetView(viewGuid=@a2)/AddToSpotlight(itemId=@a3,folderPath=@a4,afterItemId=@a5)?@a1=''&@a2=''&@a3=''&@a4=''&@a5=''

The key was figuring out the various parameters: a1, a2, a3, a4 and a5:
a1 = Server Relative Library Url
a2 = View Guid
a3 = Item Id
a4 = Server Relative Folder Path
a5 = -1 unless you are trying to pin it after an existing item

Hopefully this helps some others.

Regards
Pete

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Eri_V 33 on 01 May 2020 at 14:27:19

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Re: How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

Thanks

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v-alzhan-msft on 01 May 2020 at 04:35:00

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Re: How to automatically pin a folder to top once it is created by a workflow?

Hi @Eri_V ,

I have made a test on my side and the Pin function that you mentioned is not supported in Microsoft flow currently, if you would like the function to be supported in Microsoft flow, you could submit an idea to the flow ideas forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/idb-p/MPAIdeas

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Alice

Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
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Pstork1 68,214 Most Valuable Professional on 30 Apr 2020 at 19:52:01

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Re: How to pin a folder once it is created by a workflow?

There's nothing available in the flow actions to do that. I looked to see if there was a REST call that could do it, but didn't find anything that way either. So at this point I think the only way to do it is in the user interface.

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Eri_V 33 on 30 Apr 2020 at 17:49:01

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Re: How to pin a folder once it is created by a workflow?

Post updated 🙂

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Pstork1 68,214 Most Valuable Professional on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:29:04

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Re: How to pin a folder once it is created by a workflow?

Could you explain a bit more what you mean by "Pin"?

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