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I have a very simple flow, designed to regularly create a table in an xlsx file. The flow works fine the first run. However, I need it to run once/ month, each time on a new upload of an xlsx file of the same exact name. I find that when I delete and upload a new copy of the file, I get a 404 error. If I go in and manually change the file name, etc in the flow it works fine. So something is changing in the xlsx name that I can't see. Is there a creative workaround for this?

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katie

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Are you typing in the value, or selecting with the folder icon?

If you are picking from the folder icon, try typing it in, or first putting the value in a compose and then inserting as dynamic data.

Also a screenshot of the errors may be handy.

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Once the previous selected file has been deleted, you need to reconfigure the Create table action and re-select the new file via File browse.

Just copying an Excel file with the same name does not work, because the connection between the action and the current file is not established, so a similar error occurs.

Hope it makes sense.

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Hi @Gristy ,

Thank you. I was selecting with the folder icon. I tried both options and the compose option worked!! Fantastic. Your help is much appreciated! This is the solved flow:

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