How to copy files in SharePoint 2010 workflow?

How to copy files in SharePoint 2010 workflow?

There are only custom actions for SharePoint 2010 workflows. For now you have three options: To break your head with Call HTTP web service workflow action. You can try to call REST service to copy files. But this is painful, there is not guarantee that you will achieve your task.

How to move a document from one library to another in SharePoint?

Firstly, to move a file to another library, you can use the “Copy” action to copy a document from current library to another library and then use the “Delete” action to delete the current item which have been copied in current library. 1. Create a SPD workflow and use the “Copy Document” action.

How do you copy a document in SharePoint?

Create a SPD workflow and use the “Copy Document” action. 2. Click the first ‘this list’ in the text of the “Copy Document” action. On the Choose List Item dialog box, select ‘Current Item’. 3.

How to create custom workflow action in SharePoint?

You can look at Files and folders Rest API reference. To create custom workflow action programmatically. To use 3rd party workflow action for SharePoint 2010 workflow and to call it using interop from SharePoint 2013 workflow. You can look at HarePoint workflow actions.

What to do when file copying is slow?

If the speed is normal, use another client computer to copy the files from or to the shared folder. If the file copy speed is still slow, see server-side troubleshooting. If issue doesn’t occur, see client-side troubleshooting. Let’s verify the kind of the shared folder. To do so, open the properties of the shared folder.

Can you call rest service to copy files?

You can try to call REST service to copy files. But this is painful, there is not guarantee that you will achieve your task. You can look at Files and folders Rest API reference. To create custom workflow action programmatically.

How to create folders and copy files in SharePoint?

In this Video I will show how you can create a simple project folder and the copy a template file into that folder. The idea came from a comment on this blogpost, that shows more in-depth how to create folders and subfolders. If you like the video or have questions, leave me a note in the comment section.