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Posted on by John Holmes 260

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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    Nya 29,060 on at
    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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    John Holmes 260 on at
    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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