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Overview

This Snap provides the ability to create the folder both in a SharePoint Online document library as well as within another item of type folder.

Prerequisites

Use valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site in account and snap settings respectively.
Valid application in Azure portal with necessary permissions to the application. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Support for Ultra Pipelines

Works in Ultra Pipelines.

See Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

N/A

Snap Input and Output

Input/Output

Type of View

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input

Binary

Min:1
Max:1

Mapper Snap
Copy Snap
CSV Parser
JSON Parser
... ...

A document containing the metadata to create the folder in the site.

Output

Document

Min:0
Max:1

Mapper Snap
Copy Snap
CSV Parser
JSON Parser
... ...

The document contains the folder metadata which we created.

Snap Settings

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description	Default Value	Example
Label	String	Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.	N/A	SharePoint Online - Create Folder
Site	String	Required. This property enables you to define the name of a site, which contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent settings.	N/A	Mysite
Document Library	String	Required. This property enables you to select Drive representing the top-level container for a file system, such as OneDrive or SharePoint document libraries. This field will be populated dynamically from different sites from the suggestion dropdown. Users are allowed either to choose a document library from suggestion dropdown or type an entity manually. If an expression is used in the Site property, then the document library cannot be suggested.	N/A	Shared Documents
Source item relative path	String	Optional. The driveItem resource path that represents a file, folder, or other item stored in a document library. Note If you provide the file the snap will not fail, instead, it will write the empty response back to the output view.	N/A	demoFolder
Folder name	String	Required. The folder name to be used to create the folder.	N/A	testFolder
Conflict behavior	Drop Down	Required. Select the appropriate action to be taken when a folder already exists with the same name. Possible values are: replace, rename, and fail.	replace	rename
Connection details	N/A	Settings to influence connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs.	N/A	N/A
Connection timeout	int	Required. This property enables you to set the connection timeout duration in seconds.	30	30
Number of retries	int	Required. This property enables you to set the maximum number of re-connections in case of connection failure or timeout.	0	3
Retry interval (seconds)	int	Required. This property enables you to set the time interval in seconds between connection attempts.	1	10
Snap Execution	DropDown	Specifies the execution type: Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap (up to 50 records) during Pipeline validation; performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline execution. Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution; does not execute the Snap during Pipeline validation. Disabled: Disables the Snap and, by extension, its downstream Snaps.	Execute only	N/A

For more information on how to delete an item in the SharePoint Online please refer to the graph API, see create-folder.

Troubleshooting

Error	Reason	Resolution
The specified listName/itemId was not found	Entered listname/itemId might not be available in the site	Please click the suggestion dropdown button and select the listName or enter the existing list name manually or verify the itemid is entered existence.
Forbidden exception	Either user or app doesn't have sufficient permissions to read the metadata for the document library.	Ensure to provide the desired permissions both at the user and application level.

Examples

The example assumes that you have configured & authorized a valid Sharepoint Online Account (see SharePoint Online Account).

The following Share Point Online - Create Folder snap and pipeline shows how to create a folder and store the metadata of the snap to a file.

The configuration of the Share Point Online - Create Folder snap is shown below. The Snap specifies how to create a folder in a site.

A successful validation or execution of the Snap gives the following output preview, showing the results.

Download this Pipeline.

Downloads

Important Steps to Successfully Reuse Pipelines

Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.
Configure Snap accounts as applicable.
Furnish Pipeline parameters as applicable.

	File	Modified
Labels No labels Preview View	File SP_1.0.0_CreateFolder_2020_05_28.slp	Jun 04, 2020 by Rojo Publisher

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SnapLogic Documentation

SharePoint Online - Create Folder