Should I create a delay-action when files are created?

[julianhoewel_95]

Good morning,

I have a short question about the flow functionality. Let's assume that I create a SharePoint file in my flow and in the next action I want to get the content of that file (for example with "get file using path") - Is it advisable to insert a delay-action between these actions, or does flow wait until the action really has created that file?

I'm asking because in my test licence it seemed like the following action sometimes started even when the previous action wasn't actually done yet. I'm pretty sure thats not the case but I just wanted to have another opinion on that..

Julian

[manuelstgomes]

Hi @julianhoewel_95 

Introducing delays is never a good solution. To avoid issues, why don't you use the file contents from the source that you use to upload the file. It's the same file so you can get the contents while the file is being uploaded.

Something like:

1. Get file contents

2. Upload file

3. Use the file contents

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Manuel

[yashag2255 · Accepted solution]

Hi @julianhoewel_95 

Ideally the flow does wait until the action is completed before moving to the next action item. Can you check and confirm if you are facing issues on that end. 

If not, a small delay of 5-10 seconds wouldn't hurt in my opinion. 

Hope this helps!

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