Creating files from a template not asking for file name - it derails the Power Automate worklow

Question

I have given instruction to my channel members to create file names based on the topic they wanted to raise the request. Right now it was broken and files are getting created automatically with generic file names. This file creation option does not demand user to change the file name and thus derail the file creation and associated workflow.

Are you able to suggest an alternate way to demand user to update the file name in line with the topic before closing the new file created?

Answer 1

Dear @Aby Scaria,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum!

According to your description, I understand that you are running into an issue where files created from a template in Power Automate are being assigned generic names instead of allowing your users to specify names based on the topics they want to address.

In this case, please allow me to provide some information with you:

I completely understand and empathize with how inconvenient this feels the process has become quite complicated, and I know it can disrupt your Power Automate flows that rely on the file name being set at creation.

According to the current design of Teams on the web, when you create a new file from a template in Teams, the system automatically generates a default name (for example, “Book1.xlsx”) and opens the file in a browser. The previous behavior prompting users to enter a name immediately upon creation is no longer supported. I’m truly sorry for the impact this change has on your workflows. As you can see in this post: No longer a prompt to enter file names in Teams

Your feedback is incredibly valuable, and we’ve shared it with the appropriate team for further review. In this case, I sincerely recommend you go to Feedback community to vote this similar feedback: (find out similar feedback, if not provide the feedback forum link Ideas · Community. Our product team is in charge of the site, and they constantly check customer reviews and feedback, The higher votes, the more attention the related team will pay on. And a lot of the features are developed and improved based on customer feedback. 

Please notice and accept my apologies that as moderators in the community, we are not supported for the product design and have limited resources for the advanced info for Microsoft products. To help you send your feedback and requirement to the related development team, we have redirected you to the correct path. 

As I have already reported to the product team, if any updates or announcements are made regarding this feature, I will make sure to share them with you as soon as possible.

Note: Please reassured that you are not alone, I’ll continue to monitor this case and will reach out to you with any new updates as soon as possible.

In the meantime, if you see my replies bring helpful information, please kindly accept it as an answer and vote it up by your original account, which raised this question. Once marked, it will automatically pin to top. As other users will also search information in this community, your valuable vote up will definitely also help other users who have similar queries easily to find the correct channel and useful information more quickly.   

Again, I truly appreciate your patience and understanding. If you have any further questions or need clarification, please feel free to reach out. I'm looking forward to hearing from you. 

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