File System

Connect to File Systems on your local or network machines to read from and write to files using the On-Premises Data Gateway.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions
Power Automate Standard All Power Automate regions
Power Apps Standard All Power Apps regions
Contact
Name Microsoft
URL Microsoft LogicApps Support
Microsoft Power Automate Support
Microsoft Power Apps Support
Connector Metadata
Publisher Microsoft

Connector in-depth

For more information about the connector, see the in-depth section.

Known issues and limitations

  1. In some cases, When a file is added or modified (properties only) and When a file is created (properties only) triggers may delay in returning files immediately and postpone newly created/modified files for the next trigger runs. This means that the trigger does not guarantee to return all files in a single run when "Split On" option is disabled.

General Limits

Name Value
Maximum file size for general operations (in MB) 30
Maximum file size for create file operation (in MB) 20
On-premises data gateway connection timeout (in seconds) 30
Maximum number of megabytes being transferred to/from the connector within a bandwidth time interval (per connection) 1000
Bandwidth time interval (in miliseconds) 60000

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:

Default Parameters for creating connection. All regions Not shareable

Default

Applicable: All regions

Parameters for creating connection.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
Root folder string Root folder path (examples: \MACHINE\myShare or C:\myShare) True
Authentication Type string Authentication type to connect to your gateway computer
Username securestring Username credential (e.g. DOMAIN\Username) True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 60 seconds

Actions

Append file

This operation appends data to a file.

Copy file

This operation copies a file to a file system.

Create file

This operation creates a file. If the file already exists, the existing content is replaced.

Delete file

This operation deletes a file.

Extract archive to folder

This operation extracts an archive file into a folder (example: .zip).

Get file content

This operation gets the content of a file.

Get file content using path

This operation gets the content of a file using the path.

Get file metadata

This operation gets the metadata for a file.

Get file metadata using path

This operation gets the metadata of a file using the path.

List files in folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in a folder.

List files in root folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in the root folder.

Rename File

This operation renames a file.

Update file

This operation updates a file.

Append file

This operation appends data to a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

File content
body True binary

Content to add to the file

Returns

Blob metadata

Copy file

This operation copies a file to a file system.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Source path
source True string

Path to source file

Destination file path
destination True string

Destination file path, including target filename

Overwrite?
overwrite boolean

Overwrites the destination file if set to 'true

Returns

Blob metadata

Create file

This operation creates a file. If the file already exists, the existing content is replaced.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder path
folderPath True string

Select a folder

File name
name True string

Name of the file

File content
body True binary

Content of the file

Returns

Blob metadata

Delete file

This operation deletes a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

Extract archive to folder

This operation extracts an archive file into a folder (example: .zip).

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Source archive file path
source True string

Path to the archive file

Destination folder path
destination True string

Path to the destination folder

Overwrite?
overwrite boolean

Overwrites the destination files if set to 'true'

Returns

Get file content

This operation gets the content of a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

Infer content-type based on extension

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

Get file content using path

This operation gets the content of a file using the path.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File path
path True string

Select a file

Infer Content Type
inferContentType boolean

Infer content-type based on extension

Returns

The content of the file.

File Content
binary

Get file metadata

This operation gets the metadata for a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

Returns

Blob metadata

Get file metadata using path

This operation gets the metadata of a file using the path.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File path
path True string

Select a file

Returns

Blob metadata

List files in folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in a folder.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
id True string

Select a folder

Returns

List files in root folder

This operation gets the list of files and subfolders in the root folder.

Returns

Rename File

This operation renames a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

New name
newName True string

New name for the file

Returns

Represents blob datasets metadata response

Update file

This operation updates a file.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
File
id True string

Select a file

File content
body True binary

Content of the file

Returns

Blob metadata

Triggers

When a file is added or modified (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when one or more files are added or modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is created (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when one or more files are created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

When a file is added or modified (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when one or more files are added or modified in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

Select a folder

Number of files to return
maxFileCount integer

Maximum number of files to return by single trigger run (1-100). Note that 'Split On' setting can force trigger to process each item individually.

Check Created and Modified Time
checkBothCreatedAndModifiedDateTime boolean

If the flag is set to true, the trigger will check the file's created date and time and the file's last modified date and time. If the flag is set to false, the trigger will only check the file's last modified date and time.

Returns

Blob metadata

List of Files
BlobMetadata

When a file is created (properties only)

This operation triggers a flow when one or more files are created in a folder. The trigger does not fire if a file is added/updated in a subfolder. If it is required to trigger on subfolders, multiple triggers should be created.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Folder
folderId True string

Select a folder

Number of files to return
maxFileCount integer

Maximum number of files to return by single trigger run (1-100). Note that 'Split On' setting can force trigger to process each item individually.

Returns

Blob metadata

List of Files
BlobMetadata

Definitions

BlobMetadata

Blob metadata

Name Path Type Description
Id
Id string

The unique id of the file or folder.

Name
Name string

The name of the file or folder.

DisplayName
DisplayName string

The display name of the file or folder.

Path
Path string

The path of the file or folder.

LastModified
LastModified date-time

The date and time the file or folder was last modified.

Size
Size integer

The size of the file or folder.

MediaType
MediaType string

The media type of the file or folder.

IsFolder
IsFolder boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to indicate whether or not the blob is a folder.

ETag
ETag string

The etag of the file or folder.

FileLocator
FileLocator string

The filelocator of the file or folder.

BlobMetadataResponse

Represents blob datasets metadata response

Name Path Type Description
Id
Id string

The unique id of the file or folder.

Name
Name string

The name of the file or folder.

DisplayName
DisplayName string

The display name of the file or folder.

Path
Path string

The path of the file or folder.

LastModified
LastModified date-time

The date and time the file or folder was last modified.

Size
Size integer

The size of the file or folder.

MediaType
MediaType string

The media type of the file or folder.

IsFolder
IsFolder boolean

A boolean value (true, false) to indicate whether or not the blob is a folder.

ETag
ETag string

The etag of the file or folder.

FileLocator
FileLocator string

The filelocator of the file or folder.

binary

This is the basic data type 'binary'.