The above mentioned scenarios will work only when the document is checked-in, but the documents are not gonna checkin automatically when you upload or drag the files. The above scenario will threw issues like ‘item is in a locked mode’ because of the checkout feature enabled. What about Library with CheckOut feature?

Add the action ‘ Move file‘ and fill in the below properties.

Replace – The existing file will get replaced with the new file content.

Fail this action – No action is taken and the flow is failed.

Copy with a new name – File will be copied with the new name same as file copied to the windows explorer.

If another file is already there – This is to make sure a proper action is taken if there is a file with the same name exists on the destination library.

Destination Site Address – Choose the site collection where the destination library reside.

File to copy – Choose the ‘x-ms-file-id’ output from the trigger action.

Current Site Address – Choose the site collection where the source library reside.

Add the action ‘ Copy file‘ and fill in the below properties.

Folder Id – Choose the source library root folder.

Site Address – Choose the site collection where the source library reside.

Create a flow using the trigger action named ‘ When a file is created or modified in a folder‘ trigger.

Whenever a file is uploaded to the source library, the same has to be copied to the destination library. Let us see some of the simple scenarios of copying and moving the files.

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