Upload A File To SharePoint From PowerApps Using Flow

Introduction

 

In this article, we are going to see how to upload a file to SharePoint from PowerApps. Refer to my previous article for creating a PowerApps application:

• Introduction to PowerApps and Creating Template with it

Step 1

 

Create one new screen -> click Home -> select New Screen -> Screen Name(Screen -2)

 

 

Step 2

 

Create one new label -> click Insert and select label

 

 

Step 3

 

Selected label is shown in the below form. Label text name is changed under property control.

 

Step 4

 

Click Insert -> select Text Input -> Select Textbox for get file name from user.

 

 

Step 5

 

We can set a Textbox default value, I am leaving the default value is empty.

 

 

Step 6

 

Repeat steps 2 to 5 for placing the file content label and file content text box

 

 

Step 7

 

Click Insert -> choose Button

 

 

The button is placed in the form

 

 

Step 8

 

Change the button Name -> Properties -> Text

 

 

Step 9

 

In SharePoint create one document library

 

 

Step 10

 

Flow template created for uploading the file to SharePoint from PowerApps

 

 

Step 11

 

The flow connects to SharePoint, and click to continue

 

 

Step 12

 

Choose site collection

 

 

Step 13

 

Choose the document library from the site collection

 

 

Step 14

 

Click edit for integrating with PowerApps

 

 

After Edit, full details such as file name and content comes from PowerApps and gives flow name-> click save

 

 

Flow Name: My Flow uploads a file to SharePoint from PowerApps

 

Step 15

 

Integrate flow with PowerApps. There are two ways.

• First Way
   
  Comes to PowerApps Application Select Button -> Click Advanced -> on select event write below formula(code)
   
  MyFlowUploadafiletoSharePointfromPowerApps.Run(TextInput2_1.Text,TextInput3.Text)
   
   
• Second Way
   
  Added flow to power apps button by clicking the flow
   

Flow Added Successfully

 

 

Formula bar

 

Parameters for flow MyFlowUploadafiletoSharePointfromPowerApps is (CreateFile_FileName, CreateFile_FileContent).

• CreateFile_FileName - TextInput2_1.Text
• CreateFile_FileContent - TextInput3.Text
   

Step 16

 

Run this app. Refer to my article (Introduction to PowerApps and Creating Template with it) Step 8 to run.

 

 

Fill in the name and content. Click button to upload in the document library.

 

 

Step 17

 

View the uploaded document

 

 

Step 18

 

Result

 

Open the document to see the file contents.

 

File Path:   ____________ev/PowerApFlowUpload/Test123.txt

 

 

In my next article, we will see how to create blank PowerApps with Excel as a data source.