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Hi everyone,

I've been researching this but couldn’t find a clear answer, so I’m hoping someone here can help.

I'm working with a SharePoint list (not a document library), and I'm trying to create a new item and then move it into a specific folder within the same list.

The list is called "PFE 2025", and folders are enabled. From what I’ve found so far, it doesn’t seem possible to directly create an item inside a folder using the standard "Create item" action in Power Automate — there’s no visible "Folder Path" field like in document libraries.

So here’s my question:

Is it possible to first create the item, and then move it into the appropriate folder within the same list?

If so, what would be the recommended approach?

Using HTTP requests with the SharePoint REST API?
Manually recreating the item in the folder and deleting the original one?

I’d really appreciate any insight, best practices, or examples from the community.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Building flows

Hello,

You can either ->

Move the item via a flow:

Trigger: "When an item is created or modified"
Get the item's current path and name.
Build the new path: RootFolder/TargetFolder/FileName
Use Send an HTTP request to SharePoint with:
Method: POST
URI: /_api/web/getfilebyserverrelativeurl( <current path>')/moveto(newurl='<new path>',flags=1)

Or you can create it directly in the folder using below steps:

HTTP POST REQUEST ->

URI: _api/web/lists/GetByTitle('<ListName>')/AddValidateUpdateItemUsingPath

Body:

{

"listItemCreateInfo": {

"FolderPath": {

"DecodedUrl": "/sites/yoursite/Lists/PFE 2025/YourFolder"

"UnderlyingObjectType": 0

"formValues": [

{

"FieldName": "Title",