Automatically Move SharePoint Files

Students, faculty and staff can use Automations within SharePoint to automatically move files that are created or placed in a folder within one Document Library, to another Document Library within the same site.

This guide covers:

• Creating a new Document Library

• Automatically moving SharePoint files

Creating a new Document Library

1. From your SharePoint site, navigate to Site Contents on the left-hand navigation menu

2. Select New-> Document library from the drop-down menu
   
   

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3. Select Blank Library and provide a name/description

   1. Checking the Show in site navigation box will cause your new Document Library to be included in the left-hand navigation menu, where Home, Documents, and Site contents are shown above
      
      

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4. You can now customize the permissions for this Document Library by navigating to the Settings Gear → Library Settings in the upper-right corner of the site → More library settings → Permissions for this document library
   
   

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Automatically Moving Files

1. Navigate to the source folder you’d like files to be moved from

2. Along the top ribbon, select the 3-dot ellipsis → Automate → Rules → Create Rule
   
   

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3. Choose the A new file is added trigger
   
   

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4. Select the move file to option in the drop-down and select your newly-created document library

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5. The rule is automatically enabled and any files created/uploaded/placed into the source folder will now be moved to the Uploaded Files document library a few moments after