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My team tracks projects in a List. Each time a new project gets added to that list (a new item is created), I want to be able to copy an existing SharePoint folder (that contains template project management files). I got the copy folder action to work, but I also want that copied folder to be renamed to match the project Title from the List (item that triggered the flow). I can't get the renaming action to work. A screenshot of how I have it set up is attached.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,969 Moderator on at

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hi @EA-03041508-0

If I can make a suggestion

I would create the folder (the new one), with the name, prior to copying the contents of the other.

But here are some links that should help

How to Rename Subfolders in a SharePoint Document Library Using Power Automate? - Enjoy SharePoint

Rename SharePoint folders using Power Automate in 2 easy steps

Rename Folder using Microsoft Flow / Power Automate in a Document Library in SharePoint Online

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DJ_Jamba 2,837 Moderator on at

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Your HTTP request action is very close. I don't use the new designer because it's buggy, so my example is using the classic designer.

_api/web/GetFolderByServerRelativeUrl('PATH_TO_YOUR_NEW_FOLDER')/ListItemAllFields

PATH_TO_YOUR_NEW_FOLDER must not contain site info.
If the full path to your new folder is:
https://mySP.sharepoint.com/sites/mysite/Shared%20Documents/2025/NewFolder

Then PATH_TO_YOUR_NEW_FOLDER is:

Shared%20Documents/2025/NewFolder

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EA-03041508-0 4 on at

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! @DJ_Jamba. I got it to work thanks to your reply. Here's a screenshot of the working flow:

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You're welcome and glad it's working!

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This was really helpful and got me on the way to solving my similar problem. The small difference is that I wanted to combine 2 separate column items from my list. I kept getting fails for a sanity testing period of time until I stumbled on the fact that the dynamic inputs add a "/" into the code which fails the folder rename. Using Copilot (which was not very helpful on this issue for a long time) I had to change the code to remove the "/" symbols.

This is the code -

concat( outputs('Get_item')?['body/ProjectNumber'], ' - ', replace( replace( replace( replace( replace( replace( replace( replace( replace( outputs('Get_item')?['body/ProjectName'], '/', '' ), '\\', '' ), ':', '' ), '*', '' ), '?', '' ), '"', '' ), '<', '' ), '>', '' ), '|', '' ) )

As an absolute novice, I'm assuming there's a better way but this has worked so I'm moving on.

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