Sync libraries "When an item or file is modified" - search and replace in subfolders

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Posted on 30 Dec 2020 15:14:26 by Annnika

Hi All,

I am trying to build a flow (as you can probably guess):

- Library 1: Master files, in subfolders, modified every once in a while.

- Library 2: Same files, but different folder structure with subfolders and sometimes multiple duplications of the files.

Library 1: When a file is updated, I want it to search through Library 2 and all subfolders and replace the file and all dublications of it with the new version.

I of course started with the easy one, it copies all updates to the destination folder. But I want it to search through the subfolders of the destination folder and replace it there. Is that at all possible? Any ideas would be very much appreciated 🙂

Thank you!

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Annnika 10 on 01 Jan 2021 at 11:55:37

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Re: Sync libraries "When an item or file is modified" - search and replace in subfolders

Hello Sudharsan,

thank you! Unfortunately not, the copying works perfectly, but the challenge is that it should not simply copy the file to a certain main destination folder in library 2, but search through library 2 and all it's subfolders to find and replace the file wherever it can be found.

Best regards
Annika

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sudharsan1985 1,325 on 01 Jan 2021 at 02:59:25

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Re: Sync libraries "When an item or file is modified" - search and replace in subfolders

Hi @Annnika

Please refer to the below link

Power Automate – How to auto copy or move files in SharePoint Library | Knowledge Share (spknowledge.com)

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Annnika 10 on 31 Dec 2020 at 15:36:42

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Re: Sync libraries "When an item or file is modified" - search and replace in subfolders

Thank you for the response!
I have set it up accordingly, but struggle a bit with the "copy file". So in the first steps it takes all information from library 1, but in "copy file" there is no mention of library 2 as destination folder to search through. What am I missing here?

Best regards
Annika

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v-litu-msft on 31 Dec 2020 at 09:54:22

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Re: Sync libraries "When an item or file is modified" - search and replace in subfolders

Hi @Annnika,

You could following these steps to approach that:

substring(outputs('Get_file_properties')?['body/{Path}'],0,lastIndexOf(outputs('Get_file_properties')?['body/{Path}'],'/'))

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Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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