As I’m upgrading from Studio 24.10 to 25.10, I would like to discuss with you and find out an alternative for the discontinued ‘Find files and folders’ activity.
Back in the days, I used to use the said activity to search for the desired folders or files by searching it with Sharepoint URL, Drive Name, Sub Folders and, finally, a specified Query Item.
By now, I had to switch from the previous search setup, directly to the Sharepoint Folder URL and specify the Query Item on the Query Filter property, but I’m worried about how ‘breakable’ it can be, using a definied URL instead of the mother Sharepoint Drive URL and the subfolder’s name.
Is there or will there be another solution for this kind of issue? Could anyone share with me how are you using Sharepoint activities nowadays?
Find Files And Folders activity has been deprecated and removed from the package starting with version 2.7.21. You are recommended to replace this activity with the For Each File/Folder (classic) or For Each File or Folder (Integration Service connection) instead.
Exactly what I did, as I use Application ID and Secret and not Integration Service, can’t use Advanced Search, but I found this one interesting, can I search from Drive / SubFolders from here? Might spend some time here to figure it all out…
Yes, the For Each File or Folder activity allows you to search within a specific Drive folder. By setting the Folder property and enabling Include subfolders, you can iterate through files and folders in the selected directory and all of its subfolders. If you’re using Application ID and Secret, Advanced Search isn’t available, but Simple Search and folder-based iteration still provide an effective way to locate the required files.
