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VPO365
Copper Contributor
Nov 26, 2018

Incremental Numbering appending to filename whenever new item is added in SharePoint Online

Hello Team,

 

I require your assistance were I want to create auto incremental numbering to file and folder name where whenever a folder/file is added to library, filename should get appended with incremental number from the previous one. Numbering should be incremental as per their relevancy in particular folder.

 

I was researching and tried to refer some posts where it suggests to create SPD Workflow but could not come with up actions and logic

 

Reference Article
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/867bcacd-d378-411a-849a-fc040de9e5da/automumber-custom-list-field?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8854540d-6a6b-409e-b6ce-1ee57bfa7df5/auto-create-filename-using-metadata-when-uploading-a-document?forum=sharepointgeneral

 

Is this something possible in SharePoint Online? If yes, please help me through the steps.

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  • VPO365's avatar
    VPO365
    Copper Contributor

    Juan Carlos González Martín     any insight on this?
    I really need help on this. Can you please help me with any steps or how can I achieve this as I have been discussing and found that this could be easy if done using Remote Event Receivers but I am not aware how and where to start from.

    Please help


    VPO365 wrote:

    Hello Team,

     

    I require your assistance were I want to create auto incremental numbering to file and folder name where whenever a folder/file is added to library, filename should get appended with incremental number from the previous one. Numbering should be incremental as per their relevancy in particular folder.

     

    I was researching and tried to refer some posts where it suggests to create SPD Workflow but could not come with up actions and logic

     

    Reference Article
    https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/867bcacd-d378-411a-849a-fc040de9e5da/automumber-custom-list-field?forum=sharepointdevelopmentlegacy

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/8854540d-6a6b-409e-b6ce-1ee57bfa7df5/auto-create-filename-using-metadata-when-uploading-a-document?forum=sharepointgeneral

     

    Is this something possible in SharePoint Online? If yes, please help me through the steps.


     

    • Alex Schuster's avatar
      Alex Schuster
      Copper Contributor

      Ironically, while you want your files being duplicated with increasing numbers and no one seems to be able to help, exactly this seems to happen here, but I do not know why and so I am searching how to turn it off  🙂

      • RobElliott's avatar
        RobElliott
        Silver Contributor

        Incrementing  numbers and appending to a filename can be done quite easily with a flow in Power Automate. But it's a very old thread so I won't post the steps here unless someone really needs them.

         

        What is it you are trying to turn off Alex Schuster

         

        Rob
        Los Gallardos
        Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User

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