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Posted on by John Holmes

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Hi

I would like to to set up a Flow to archive our Import Source Files as they are taking up valuable space in the DB but I am struggling to see if it's actually possible.

Ideally I could set a Flow on a schedule to list records in the Import table, extract the file and create it in blob storage, then create a record in Azure Table Storage with the main attributes (file name, entity table, person who imported it etc.) then delete the record from the import table.

Sounds simple but I can't find a way of extracting the source file.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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RE: Data Import - Source File Archive

As I thought.

Not sure on why the file is stored after the import at all if it can't be retrieved - doesn't make sense.

I'll go my my flow for managing the deletes, at least that way I will have a record that the import took place, how many records were affected and who was responsible for the import.

thanks anyway.
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Nya 29,054 on at

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RE: Data Import - Source File Archive

Hi,

It cannot be achieved unfortunately.

But you can refer to the following section to free up your storage simply.

Delete bulk import instances using a bulk deletion job

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