Move File

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Note: The Actions Quick Reference provides a complete list of actions that you can print for easy reference.

What is the Move File Action?

The Move File Action moves one or more files to a new directory.  While the location of the file will change, the name of the file remains the same. To rename the file, see Rename File.

Creating a Move File Action

Select Files & Folders Actions to expand the Action list. Select theMove File Action from the Actions list to display the Action Builder.

Both the Timing  and Error settings for this action may be configured to fine tune the how the Action will run.

Note: For more information about the timing and error settings, go to Action Builder.

Enter the Name of the files(s) to move. Be sure to enter the full file path.. Enter a Destination folder name to move the file to. Be sure to enter the full folder path, but do not include the file name. For example, rather than entering "C:\NewDestinationName\FileName.txt", you would enter the folder name only:  "C:\NewDestinationName\".

Check the Include subfolders option if you would also like to move files in subfolders.  

If the name of the file being moved matches a file that already exists in the destination folder, the Action will fail unless you check the Overwrite option .  This will instruct Nintex RPA LE to replace the existing files with the file that is being moved.

The Options section allows you to further refine which files are considered.  Enabling any of the these options will only include files with specific attributes.  You have the ability to filter files by:

  • Create date
  • Equal to
  • Newer than
  • Newer than or equal to
  • Older than
  • Older than or equal to
  • Last modified date
  • Equal to
  • Newer than
  • Newer than or equal to
  • Older than
  • Older than or equal to
  • File size
  • Equal to
  • Larger than
  • Larger than or equal to
  • Smaller than
  • Smaller than or equal to

Additionally, you have the ability to filter by the Read-Only, Archive, Hidden, System, and Compressed attributes of the file.

Optionally add Notes to the Action to document any special instructions or functionality. When the Run Switchis set to Run, the action will be executed after clicking OK.

Note: The run switch is set to Run by default. To create or modify this action without executing it, click the slider to change the option to Don't Run.  For more information, go to Action Builder.

Click the OK button to save the Action.