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Overview
You can use this Snap to get the metadata of items from the selected SharePoint Online document library. It fetches the children of an item. It is possible to specify the folder name with the property “source item relative path“. If the expand option is enabled and the select fields property is filled, then the specification of the select field will also apply to the children items.
Prerequisites
- Valid SharePoint Online tenant and associated site.
- Valid Azure application with all the required API permissions.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
- Works in Ultra Pipelines.
To know the list of Snaps that work in Ultra and the related caveats, see Snap Support for Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations and Known Issues
None.
Snap Input and Output
Input/Output | Type of View | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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Input | Document |
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| An input document contains the metadata of the folder for which the children items need to be retrieved. |
Output | Document |
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| An output document contains the metadata information of the children of the configured folder. |
Snap Settings
Parameter Name | Data Type | Description | Default Value | Example |
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Label | String | Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline. | N/A | SharePoint Online - Item Children |
Site | String | Required. The name of a site that contains the list of document library to be used in the subsequent Snap settings. | N/A | MySite |
Custom Site Path | Check-box | Page lookup error: page "SharePoint unsafe-Online - Get Item" not found. If you're experiencing issues please see our Troubleshooting Guide. | Not Selected | Selected |
Document Library | String | Required. This property enables you to select a drive representing the top-level container for a file system, such as OneDrive or SharePoint document libraries. This field populates dynamically from different sites via the suggestion drop-down. You can either choose a document library from suggestion drop-down list or enter the entity name manually. If you enable the Site property as an expression, then the document library is not suggested, resulting in an exception. | N/A | Shared Documents |
Source item relative path | String | Optional. The item resource path that represents a folder stored in a document library to list the children. If this property is left empty, then the items of the document library will be retrieved. | N/A | testFile.pdf |
Select fields | String | Optional. Enter the field names of the metadata that should be returned to the output view. | N/A | name, id |
Orderby properties | Optional. Enter these properties to perform the order of the result set. This fieldset comprises the following fields:
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Property name | String | Enter the name of the property to be sorting order. | N/A | name |
Order type | String | Select the appropriate sort order to be performed upon the selected items | asc | N/A |
Top | Integer | Optional. Use this property to set the page size of results. | 200 | 500 |
Top Auto pagination | Check box | Optional. To get all items within a single folder item/document directory. If this field is not checked, SharePoint Online will return a maximum of 200 records per page by default. If this field is selected, all matching records will be automatically returned. | Not selected | N/A |
Connection details | You can use this fieldset to influence connection properties to the SharePoint Online APIs. This fieldset comprises the following fields:
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Connection timeout | Integer | Required. Enables you to set the connection timeout duration in seconds. | 30 | 30 |
Number of retries | Integer | Required. Enables you to set the maximum number of reconnections in case of a connection failure or timeout. | 3 | 51 |
Retry interval (seconds) | Integer | Required. Enables you to set the time interval in seconds between connection attempts. | 10 | 20 |
Snap Execution | String | Specify the required Pipeline execution type:
| Execute only | Validate & Execute |
For more information on how to list the children of a folder and document library in the SharePoint Online, refer to the graph API in drive-list-children.
Troubleshooting
Error | Reason | Resolution |
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HTTP Response Code:404 | Entered item not found in the document library | Ensure to provide the valid item path to get the metadata. |
Forbidden exception:403 | Either user or app doesn't have sufficient permissions to read the metadata for the document library. | Ensure to provide the desired permissions both at the user and application level. |
Internal Server Error: 501 | Value for the Property name might have missed. | Ensure to provide the value for the property name in the order by property. |
Examples
Retrieving Item Children Files in the Source Folder
This example demonstrates how to get item children files in the source folder. The example assumes that you have configured & authorized a valid SharePoint Online Account (see SharePoint Online Account).
The following screenshot displays the settings of the SharePoint Online - Item Children Snap. The Snap specifies on how to get the children of a provided folder and sort them based on their names.
After successfully validating/executing the above Snap, the results display in the following output preview.
Downloads
Important Steps to Successfully Reuse Pipelines
- Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.
- Configure Snap accounts as applicable.
- Furnish Pipeline parameters as applicable.
Release | Snap Pack Version | Date | Type | Updates |
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May 2024 | main172 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
February 2024 | main168 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
November 2023 | main155 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
August 2023 | main150 |
| Latest | Added pagination in the List Read Items Snap. Also added suggestions for the List name field. |
August 2023 | main144 |
| Latest | The Upload File Snap now supports files larger than 2 GB. |
August 2023 | main138 |
| Stable | Updated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release. |
May 2023 | main130 |
| Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
February 2023 | main114 | 09 Feb 2023 | Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
November 2022 | main113 | 10 Nov 2022 | Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
August 2022 | main111 | 11 Aug 2022 | Stable | Added the SharePoint Online Application Account type that supports Client Credentials flow. |
4.29 | main108 | 14 May 2022 | Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.28 Patches | main101 | 06 Apr 2022 | Latest | Fixed the Auto Refresh Token issue in the SharePoint Online Account. |
4.28 | main100 | 12 Feb 2022 | Stable | Added the SharePoint Online - Get Sites Snap that enables you to get the list of sites specific to the logged-in user from the SharePoint Online site. |
4.27 | main93 | 13 Nov 2021 | Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.26 | main89 | 30 Aug 2021 | Latest | Enhanced all Snaps in the SharePoint Online Snap Pack to support dynamic site and document library values using input document variables. |
4.26 | main88 | 14 Aug 2021 | Stable | Upgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release. |
4.25 | main75 | 08 May 2021 | Stable | No updates made. |
4.24 | main75 | 13 Feb 2021 | Stable | No updates made. |
4.23 | main74 | 02 Dec 2020 | Latest | Fixes the error view issue in SharePoint Online - Upload File Snap by dragging a new instance of SharePoint Online - Upload File Snap to the canvas as the existing Snap that was used with a version that contained the bug will continue to fail. |
4.23 | main74 | 16 Nov 2020 | Latest | Fixes the socket timeout issue in the Snap Pack by making the following changes:
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4.23 | main73 | 15 Nov 2020 | Latest | Introduces a new Snap, SharePoint Online - List Read Items Snap, that enables you to read, sort, and filter list items from your SharePoint Online libraries/collections. |
4.22 Patches | main39 | 23 Oct 2020 | Stable | Fixes the Snap document link for SharePoint Online - List Read Items. |
4.22-Patches | 422patches6694 | 14 Sep 2020 | Latest |
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4.22 | main6403 | 08 Aug 2020 | Stable | No updates made. |
4.21-Patches | 421patches6011 | 23 Jun 2020 |
| Introduces the productized version of SharePoint Online Snap Pack, which enables organizations to share and manage content and collaborate across an organization |
4.21 |
| 10 May 2020 | Latest | Beta release of the SharePoint Online Snap Pack |
See Also
- Configuring SharePoint Online Account
- SharePoint Online - Copy Item
- SharePoint Online - Create Folder
- SharePoint Online - Create Item Permission
- SharePoint Online - Create List
- SharePoint Online - Delete Item
- SharePoint Online - Delete Item Permission
- SharePoint Online - Delete List Item
- SharePoint Online - Download File
- SharePoint Online - Get Document Library
- SharePoint Online - Get Item
- SharePoint Online - Get Item Permissions
- SharePoint Online - Get Sites
- SharePoint Online - Item Children
- SharePoint Online - List Read Items
- SharePoint Online - Read List
- SharePoint Online - Search Items
- SharePoint Online - Update Item
- SharePoint Online - Update Item Permission
- SharePoint Online - Update List Item
- SharePoint Online - Upload File