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List Folder and Apply to Each - Slow Performance

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Hi all, 

 

I have created a Bulk Upload flow for my organisation and am having issues with slow performance. Simply put, the flow is triggered when a file is uploaded to a specific folder. The flow then compares the first string of the file name to the first string of the folder names already set-up in that library. If the first string of the file name and the first string of the folder name match, the file moves into that folder. This works just fine for us if we drop less than about 6 files into the trigger folder but any more than that and we are looking at days before they finish filing. Is there any way I can improve my flow to have this move more quickly? At a maximum, there can be about 1,000 folders and a few hundred uploading documents at a time. 

 

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    abm abm Profile Picture
    32,985 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @SLCairns1275 

     

    Try using the Filter Array instead of apply to each.

     

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