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Naming conventions are sometimes buggy in subfolders.
I have a parent folder with an automation that's supposed to rename every file in its subfolders to a certain format, but it's been very buggy on if it actually works or not... I don't know if it's ...
I think that worked, but all my previous files are not affected, where if I put the convention in the file request, it fixes all the names.
I'm confused why my parent folder doesn't have a naming convention option anymore, only an automation option that only seems to apply when new files are uploaded, so the old ones aren't renamed
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorSince the naming convention is inside an automation in the parent folder, as opposed to just a naming convention, this process is only run once, meaning that it won't be able to run on the previous files.
Otherwise, this could lead to it endlessly repeating the automation and making file names longer and longer forever.
So if I remove the automation, I'll get the naming convention option back?
- Jay
If you wish, you can try and see how that works on your implementation.
Just so you're aware, there's no guarantee it'll work correctly on previously uploaded files
The parent folder still doesn't have a naming convention option... Why is this?
- Jay
Are you seeing this in all your folders used for file requests, or just the parent folder?
All folders. This used to not be the case...
One exception is a child folder of one of the child folders. It has all 3 organize options.Yes. Please use this account's email though
- Jay
Thanks, I've sent you an email, please could you reply to it when you get a chance?
We haven't heard back from yall yet.
Can we try to fix these problems?Yes we are discussing, thank you
