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I am trying to save a word file into a Google Drive Folder. The folder is created in Step 2 of my Zap. I have tried countless different ways of locating and saving/copying/uploading the file to said folder, but no matter what, the file never gets to the folder. 

I assume the Zap is not finding the dynamically named folder. Neither me nor the AI Bot can overcome what seems to be a simple solution. 

Below are screenshots of various ‘coding’ I have attempted. 

In the first screenshot you will see my current set of steps. 

The second screenshot is when I try to copy the file to the folder created from “Results” in Step 2.

Third screenshot is when I try to copy the file to the nomenclature from Step 1 and Step 2. 

The AI bot also set the folder label to “root” however this did not work. 

 

Hi ​@nicole3779 

The GDrive Folder field expects the Folder ID rather than the Folder name.

Click the field label to see a tooltip with more info.

Help links for using GDrive in Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/google-drive/integrations#help

 

Where do I get the file id? That is not an option (see below). Also, wouldn’t the file id be different for each newly created folder? 

 

​@nicole3779 

The Folder ID should come from the GDrive Zap step that created the Folder.

Looks like you are using a GDrive Custom Action so that may need to be adjusted to return the created Folder ID.

Thank you, I finally got that to work.
 

Is there a way to work with Microsoft docs that are saved to my Google drive? Without accessing Microsoft office 365? I don’t save anything to Microsoft 365 or one drive - it’s all saved to my Google drive. 
 

While I can locate and copy these files with Zapier, I don’t know how to then amend the file or fill in a template (.Dotx).

 

I strongly dislike google docs so i am trying to avoid that route. 

​@nicole3779 

To use files in GDrive, those files would need to be in GDrive.

To use templates, those would need to be GDoc Templates:

https://help.zapier.com/hc/en-us/articles/8495982583053-Common-Problems-with-Google-Docs#manually-enter-the-template-field-0-3

 

Yes, I am able to generate documents from a Google Doc Template. But, I dont want to use Google Docs. I want to use Microsoft word. As noted, my word documents are in my google drive. However, I do not know what action to use to, to edit the Microsoft word document. 

​@nicole3779 

Files in GDrive that were uploaded as Microsoft WORD documents are still considered GDrive files.

To use templates in GDrive, those files would need to be GDocs or GSlides.

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