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Convert Word to PDF sharepoint Giving me time out error.

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Posted on by Eswar1 60

Dear Members,

 

I am stuck with the flow and its giving me a time out error, when I am trying to run the flow.

Scenario:

Convert Word to PDF and then Upload it to other Sharepoint Document library with same name.

 

Trigger Used:

Step1:

When a file is created or modified.

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Step2:

 

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Expression Formula to check word documents in the Library :

or(endsWith(triggerBody()?['{FilenameWithExtension}'],'.doc'),endsWith(triggerBody()?['{FilenameWithExtension}'],'.docx'))

 

 

Step3:

 

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The flow is failing in Step1:

 

Its taking time to execute and not executing

 

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Can you please tellme why its taking so much of time and not proceeding to the next steps.

 

The following is the structure of my Sharepoint Document library.

 

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They are around 238 items in the document library.

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Please suggest.

 

Thanks,

Eswar

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  • Gopala_Krishna Profile Picture
    Gopala_Krishna 1,495 on at

    @Eswar1 

    The action "When a file is created or modified (properties only) " is a trigger action in Power Automate and needs to be used as a first action in the Power Automate, if you try to include it else where it wouldn't as expected.

     

    Because of this the flow is not completing it's run and is just staying in the loop, to avoid this move the action "When a file is created or modified (properties only) to the top as the first action.

     

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