Folder Identifier in List Folder Flow Action (404) File Not Found using SharePoint Folder ID

[PHCMA]

TL;DR: Folder Identifier field in List Folder Action, from my research requires a path (GUID), not a numeric folder ID. I only have the numeric SharePoint Folder ID's, can I some how use an expression or another action to get the GUID from the Numeric Folder ID?

Hi all,

For the last few months I've been using a Flow to create folders in a SP Library then storing the numeric folder ID into a SP List. I intended to call back these ID's in another flow and extract a zip into these folders.

I'm now building the new flow and made the assumption that I could use the 'List folder' action and pass the Numeric ID from the SP List into the 'Folder Identifier' field. This result's in a 404 File not found.

I've had a look at at similar issues posted here, but it's not clear to my scenario. From what I think I understand, is that this action requires a GUID (like a path) rather than Numeric ID. 

If this is the case, I'm a bit stumped on what to do next. Can I somehow get this GUID from an action or expression using the SP Folder Numeric ID? (Edit: or even a share link to the folder) 

Another solution was to use the action 'Get Folder Metadata using Path' and apparently pass the GUID into the List Folder Action. I haven't been able to test this because again I'm stuck on how to get the path from the SP folders numeric ID.

Am I looking at this Flow wrong, should I be using different actions or different inputs to solve this problem? Thanks.

Flow: (List Sales Cloud Folder = List Folder, Lead Folder ID = ID "Numeric SP Folder ID")

Flow Action

Flow Error:

Flow Error

Error Details:

Error Details

Raw Input:

Raw Input

Raw Output:

Raw Output

[tom_riha · Accepted solution]

Hello @PHCMA ,

folder is just another type of a "file" in a document library, you can use the action 'Get file properties'. Use the ID you have to get the Identifier of the folder.

[PHCMA]

YES, perfect!
This has worked for me, so I'll mark as the solution 🙂

But, I will point out though, you do need to provide a document library along with the ID. Fortunately for me my list contains profile data and the Libraries are named after each user.  I've had to initialize & set a variable based on the profile DisplayName and pass that to the Library Name field. 

Set Variable for Library Directory

While the flow works and copies the files, I still do get a 404 - File not found error. Not sure if you can if you have any ideas about this, the error doesn't provide much info. If not, all good I'll just skip the error. 

404 Error after successful copy.