Automate Video Uploads in Power Automate
Kirsten Dahlen
47 steps
3 minutes
Power Automate
Please note that this process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings that you are an organizer for, they will all go to one place. Please know what folder you want to have your meetings uploaded to before you start this process. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is.
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Navigate to the Power Automate site:[make.powerautomate.com/environments/Default-b8cb5b26-ac85-4309-b86c-927b01cb760b/home](http://make.powerautomate.com/environments/Default-b8cb5b26-ac85-4309-b86c-927b01cb760b/home)
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Click "Create" in the left side of the screen.
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Click "Automated cloud flow" to start from a blank flow.
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Click the "Flow name" field and type "Auto Upload Recorded Meetings" to name this flow template.
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Click "When a file is created" for the OneDrive for Business option in the list of triggers.
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Click "Create"
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Click "Invalid parameters"
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Find the blue "Change Connection" link in the bottom left of your screen and click on it. It will ask you to "Add New." It will ask you to log in to your OneDrive. Please follow the prompts to automatically log in.
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Click the folder icon in the "Folder" box.
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Click the caret button next to the "Root" folder.
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Scroll down and click "Recordings"
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Click "Show all" next to the Advanced parameters.
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Click on the drop down caret on "Include Subfolders"
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Click "Yes"
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Click on the dropdown caret on "Infer Content Type"
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Click "Yes"
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Scroll to the right and click the blue "+" icon.
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Click "Add an action"
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Type "Get file content" and click on the OneDrive for Business option labeled "Get file content using path"
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Click the folder icon on the "File Path" box.
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Click the caret button next to the "Root" folder.
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Scroll down to click on the caret next to "Recordings"
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Click ANY file listed here. We will delete it in the next step.
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Click into the "File Path" box and delete the name of the video you just inserted. Leave "/Recordings/" in the field.
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Click "Insert dynamic content" when it pops up.
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Click "File name" in the pop up window.
Please make sure that the forward slash " / " after the word "Recordings" did not disappear after you inserted the dynamic content File Name. If it is no longer there, please manually input it by clicking the space right after the "s" in "Recordings" and typing in the forward slash " / ".
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Scroll to the right and click the blue "+" icon.
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Click "Add an action"
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Type "Create file" in the search bar that pops up. Scroll down to the SharePoint option labeled "Create file"
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It will ask you to log in to your SharePoint. Please follow the prompts to automatically log in.
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Click on the dropdown caret in the "Site Address" box that pops up.
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Scroll down to find the project site you want to send your recorded meetings to and click on it. (All recorded Teams meetings you are an organizer for will go here, regardless of the project).
Please note that this process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings or multiple projects that you record meetings for, they will all go to one project site/folder. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is to have them sent to.
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Click the folder icon in the "Folder Path" box.
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Scroll down to the "Shared Documents" folder and click on the caret button next to it.
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Click on the caret button next to the "General" folder.
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At this point, you should recognize your project folders and can navigate to the exact folder you wish to save recorded meetings to by clicking on the caret buttons of main and sub folders until you get to it.
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Continue clicking on the caret buttons until you find the exact subfolder you need to save meetings to.
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Once found, do not click on the caret button. Instead, click on the name of the folder you want meetings saved within. The example here is the "Recorded Meetings" folder.
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Click in the "File Name" box.
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Click on the lightning bolt icon when it pops up.
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Click on the "File name" option under "When a file is created" in the pop up.
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Click in the "File Content" box.
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Click on the lightning bolt icon when it pops up.
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Click "File content" under the "Get file content using path" option in the pop up.
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Click "Save" in the top right portion of the screen. It should be ready to run now that it is created and saved.
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You can test it out by uploading a document of any type (Word, PDF, jpeg, Excel, MP4, etc.) into your OneDrive folder labeled "Recordings" or by simply recording a test meeting and waiting for it to save itself there.
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If it works, it should automatically copy itself into the project folder you chose in Step #38. This may take few minutes depending on the file size and type.
REMINDER: This process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings or multiple projects that you record meetings for, they will all go to one project site/folder. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is to have them sent to.
Automate Video Uploads in Power Automate
Kirsten Dahlen
47 steps
3 minutes
Power Automate
Please note that this process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings that you are an organizer for, they will all go to one place. Please know what folder you want to have your meetings uploaded to before you start this process. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is.
1
Navigate to the Power Automate site:[make.powerautomate.com/environments/Default-b8cb5b26-ac85-4309-b86c-927b01cb760b/home](http://make.powerautomate.com/environments/Default-b8cb5b26-ac85-4309-b86c-927b01cb760b/home)
2
Click "Create" in the left side of the screen.
3
Click "Automated cloud flow" to start from a blank flow.
4
Click the "Flow name" field and type "Auto Upload Recorded Meetings" to name this flow template.
5
Click "When a file is created" for the OneDrive for Business option in the list of triggers.
6
Click "Create"
7
Click "Invalid parameters"
8
Find the blue "Change Connection" link in the bottom left of your screen and click on it. It will ask you to "Add New." It will ask you to log in to your OneDrive. Please follow the prompts to automatically log in.
9
Click the folder icon in the "Folder" box.
10
Click the caret button next to the "Root" folder.
11
Scroll down and click "Recordings"
12
Click "Show all" next to the Advanced parameters.
13
Click on the drop down caret on "Include Subfolders"
14
Click "Yes"
15
Click on the dropdown caret on "Infer Content Type"
16
Click "Yes"
17
Scroll to the right and click the blue "+" icon.
18
Click "Add an action"
19
Type "Get file content" and click on the OneDrive for Business option labeled "Get file content using path"
20
Click the folder icon on the "File Path" box.
21
Click the caret button next to the "Root" folder.
22
Scroll down to click on the caret next to "Recordings"
23
Click ANY file listed here. We will delete it in the next step.
24
Click into the "File Path" box and delete the name of the video you just inserted. Leave "/Recordings/" in the field.
25
Click "Insert dynamic content" when it pops up.
26
Click "File name" in the pop up window.
Please make sure that the forward slash " / " after the word "Recordings" did not disappear after you inserted the dynamic content File Name. If it is no longer there, please manually input it by clicking the space right after the "s" in "Recordings" and typing in the forward slash " / ".
27
Scroll to the right and click the blue "+" icon.
28
Click "Add an action"
29
Type "Create file" in the search bar that pops up. Scroll down to the SharePoint option labeled "Create file"
30
It will ask you to log in to your SharePoint. Please follow the prompts to automatically log in.
31
Click on the dropdown caret in the "Site Address" box that pops up.
32
Scroll down to find the project site you want to send your recorded meetings to and click on it. (All recorded Teams meetings you are an organizer for will go here, regardless of the project).
Please note that this process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings or multiple projects that you record meetings for, they will all go to one project site/folder. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is to have them sent to.
33
Click the folder icon in the "Folder Path" box.
34
Scroll down to the "Shared Documents" folder and click on the caret button next to it.
35
Click on the caret button next to the "General" folder.
36
At this point, you should recognize your project folders and can navigate to the exact folder you wish to save recorded meetings to by clicking on the caret buttons of main and sub folders until you get to it.
37
Continue clicking on the caret buttons until you find the exact subfolder you need to save meetings to.
38
Once found, do not click on the caret button. Instead, click on the name of the folder you want meetings saved within. The example here is the "Recorded Meetings" folder.
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Click in the "File Name" box.
40
Click on the lightning bolt icon when it pops up.
41
Click on the "File name" option under "When a file is created" in the pop up.
42
Click in the "File Content" box.
43
Click on the lightning bolt icon when it pops up.
44
Click "File content" under the "Get file content using path" option in the pop up.
45
Click "Save" in the top right portion of the screen. It should be ready to run now that it is created and saved.
46
You can test it out by uploading a document of any type (Word, PDF, jpeg, Excel, MP4, etc.) into your OneDrive folder labeled "Recordings" or by simply recording a test meeting and waiting for it to save itself there.
47
If it works, it should automatically copy itself into the project folder you chose in Step #38. This may take few minutes depending on the file size and type.
REMINDER: This process is currently only configured to copy your recorded meetings to ONE place. This means that if you have multiple meetings or multiple projects that you record meetings for, they will all go to one project site/folder. Contact your PC if you don't know where the best place is to have them sent to.
