Create unique files with flow

[Watson]

Hi all,

In Power Automate (Flows) I want to create a file (.docx) after a form has been created. So far it goes well. But when a form is filled in for the second time and therefore a doucment is created, This one is overwrite the previous document. A unique number such as the time (14:03:44) is not accepted.

What is the best solution for this?

[Pstork1 · Accepted solution]

The key here is to give the document a different File Name each time you create it.  You could translate the current time into ticks() and append that to the default File Name to create a unique file name.  

[v-alzhan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Watson ，

As @Pstork1  said, you should create the document with unique file name.

You could take a try with the expression rand() as below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#r...

Best regards,

Alice       

Community Support Team _ Alice Zhang
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