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jackrum
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Sep 12, 2023

Can Files Shared in a Channel be organized in a Folder Automatically?

Whenever somebody posts a message in a channel that contains a file that file just gets dumped into that channels document folder. this quickly creates a mess. Is there a way to have files created this way to automatically go into a folder?

  • Hi,

    One option that comes to my mind is to create a Power Automate Flow that makes the job of moving the files to folders withing the channel

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      jackrum
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      That's what I was thinking too but my concerns with that are 1. The automation will be tied to one person's account (what happens if they leave/it's on them to make sure it works) and 2. I
      m not sure how to do that in Automator. So far figuring that out is trickier than it should be

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