Action: Copy document – skybow Portal

Action Copy document copies a single document from a source library to a target library/folder.

Example of Copy document action configuration on the current site

For more information about Action Builder read Action Builder introduction article.

To configure the action Copy document additional properties should be specified:

Configuration

*Property*	*Required*	*Type*	*Description*
Source Library	yes	Choice	A library where source document is located. It is possible to select: from the current site, by selecting the 'On current site' option. The drop-down shows all available libraries on the site. from any site, by selecting 'On any site' option, choosing the site in the drop-down or typing a server relative URL to the site and then selecting a library in 'Library' drop-down Dynamic path which allows to specify expression based path to the library
Source Item Id	yes	Integer	ID of the document to be copied or expression to be evaluated as ID of a document
Target Library	yes	Choice	A library where document will be copied. It is possible to select: from the current site, by selecting the 'On current site' option. The drop-down shows all available libraries on the site. from any site, by selecting 'On any site' option, choosing the site in the drop-down or typing a server relative URL to the site and then selecting a library in 'Library' drop-down Dynamic path which allows to specify expression based path to the library
Target Folder	no	String	Library relative URL. If you want to copy document to a new folder you can specify it in this property.
If already exists	yes	Choice	If the file with the same name already exists you have several option to specify: - Overwrite. It will overwrite to exiting document in the target document library. - Rename and keep both. It will rename document you want to copy and keep existing one. - Fail. Action will fail with an error: A file or folder with the name [[FileName]] already exists at the destination.

Availability

Modern Forms	List Actions	Scheduled/Triggered Actions
✓	✓	✓*

* In Scheduled/Triggered actions only copying file on the library from the current site is available.
Note: action is available only in SharePoint Online

Output

Output Parameter	Type	Description
ItemID	Number	Returns the Id of the added item as output parameter and can be used in subsequent actions.
Url	String	Absolute Url to the created folder. Starts with 'https://'
ServerRelativeUrl	String	Server relative path to the created folder. Starts with '/'
LibraryRelativeUrl	String	Library relative path to the created folder. Starts with folder name

Example of Copy document action configuration on the current site

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