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Merge Folders Named the Same

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Updated September 23, 2022

asked on September 14, 2017 • Show version history

I have an instance where a Workflow inadvertently created 2 slightly differently named top-level folders but identically named second level folders. If I try to drag the second level folders from one top-level folder to the other, it shows a folder name conflict and I can either rename or cancel. Is there a way to allow them to just merge the folders as I want their sub-folders and documents to all be in one without having to go through them one by one? If not, that would be a nice option as Windows and other applications allow for that.

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replied on September 14, 2017

Are all the folders below the first level generated during a workflow using tokens? If so, I would say you could do a workflow that finds all the documents in the main folder (that is named wrong) and use the move file activity to move them into the correctly named folder/subfolder structure based on metadata. Then the workflow can check all the folder in the wrongly named folder and delete them if they are empty.

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replied on September 14, 2017

Yes, that is the next option but the sub-folders of the sub folders have the same names all the way down to the docs. So my only option is to write a workflow to refile the docs into the correct folders. I was just hoping there was a way in the client to merge the folders and if not that Laserfiche would see this and add it to their to do list.

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replied on September 14, 2017

Additionally, in Workflow if you try to move a folder into another with the same name it automatically renames it. Would be nice to have the option here to merge the folders as well.

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replied on September 14, 2017

If done on the 2nd level folder, I just had success exporting the folder in a briefcase then importing into the new folder. Briefcase will ask to merge same folder names.

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replied on September 14, 2017

Good idea. I hadn't thought of the briefcase. Downside to that is that it creates new docs instead of just moving the existing docs. Thanks for the suggestions!!!

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replied on June 12, 2018

Laserfiche, would it be possible to add this option into a future release?

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replied on August 19, 2019

Just following up to see if Laserfiche will add folder merging to Workflow in a future release so it doesn't just automatically rename folders?

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replied on August 4, 2020

Laserfiche,

Any luck adding the option to merge folders named the same for the client and in Workflow?

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replied on September 23, 2022

Laserfiche, is this being considered as a feature?

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