Action: Copy folder – skybow Portal

Action Copy folder copies a folder with content from a source library to a target library/folder.

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

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

Configuration

*Property*	*Required*	*Type*	*Description*
Source Library	yes	Choice	A library where source folder 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 and specifying the list in 'Select Library' dialog or typing a server relative URL to a library. Dynamic path which allows to specify expression based path to file
Folder	yes	String	Library relative URL to the source folder
Target Library	yes	Choice	A library where folder will be copied.
Target Folder	no	String	Library relative URL. If you want to copy folder to a new folder you can specify it in this property.
If already exists	yes	Choice	If the folder with the same name already exists you have several option to specify: - Overwrite. It will overwrite to exiting folder in the target document library. - Rename and keep both. It will rename folder you want to copy and keep existing one. - Fail. Action will fail with an error: A folder name already exists at the destination.

Availability

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

* In Scheduled/Triggered actions only copying folder on the library from the current site is available.

Output

Output Parameter	Type	Description
ItemID	Number	Returns the Id of the added folder 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

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