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Renaming Folders

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Posted on by TF-12091443-0 2
Hello all!
 
Our team just recently started the transition into a SharePoint site, and we have our list of cases created, but we are trying to transfer our shared drive folders and contents into SharePoint.
 
The issue is we have the current folders named differently than how they need to be named in SP. Currently, our folders are named "19-0001 ABC Restaurant". We need then to be named "190001".
 
Is there a way to do this when we migrate the folders over? What would the correct flow be?
 
Thanks! 
 
 
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    Dominik Stalzer | primeone Profile Picture
    Dominik Stalzer | p... 71 on at
    Hi.
     
    1. Create a new flow
     
    2. Add a new Action: List Files in Folder
    This action will read all the folder names from the specified path on the shared drive
     
    3. replace(first(split(triggerOutputs()?['body/Name'], ' ')), '-', '')
    This will transform "19-0001 ABC Restaurant" into "190001".
     
    4. Create New Folder in SharePoint:
    Use Create Folder action to create a new folder in SharePoint with the renamed format.
     
    5. Move Contents to SharePoint:
    Use Copy File action to move all files and subfolders from the original folder to the new SharePoint folder.
     
    6. Delete the Original Folder
     
    Kind regards
     

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