How to Create a SharePoint Library based on a Template or Existing Library using Power Automate

Question

My company receives up to 100 Bids in one week. I need to create a Library for each bid to keep the documents in one location and organized. I am trying to create a Library for each bid, including meta data and views, that is based on an existing Library Template and/or an Existing Blank Library, using Power Automate. I can get a library created using Power Automate but it does not have the columns, views or meta data needed; it is the default blank library.

Answer 1

Hi @James Richter ,

Welcome to Q&A forum!

Based on your description, I will simply express my understanding: the bids you mentioned should be files, so you mean that when you receive a bid file, you manually trigger the flow, create a library and add the columns you need, then put the bid file into the created library, and fill the metadata into the corresponding columns. Is this correct? If so, I found some similar posts for your reference:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/powerappflow/power-automate-that-automatically-fills-metadata-in-an-sharepoint-library/3875307

https://www.enjoysharepoint.com/power-automate-create-document-library/

Non-official, just for reference.

If you still have questions, since the Q&A forum does not currently support Power Automate, I suggest you go to the Power Automate Community to post and discuss. Thank you for your understanding.

Good day!

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