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    <title>topic Re: Automatic creation of nested folders in Integrations</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/385310#M2779</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I know this thread started over a year ago but I am having a similar issue finding an integration or zap that will help create nested folders. I figured out how to get the "main project" folder created through a zap but would like to trigger a nested folder set up once I rename the "main project" with our current naming convention. So the question is, did anyone figure this out yet? LOL!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>KristyP</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-12-19T20:51:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299436#M2771</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi, not sure how to describe this exactly, maybe is a new feature request maybe there is a trick to do that that I don't know yet, anyway.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As part of my workflow, each time&amp;nbsp;I start a new project I create a "main project folder" with 10 subfolders, some of each have subfolders too. I have a "main project folder" structure/template that is manually&amp;nbsp;deployed inside DB with&amp;nbsp;an app (Post Haste - &lt;A href="https://www.digitalrebellion.com/posthaste/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;https://www.digitalrebellion.com/posthaste/&lt;/A&gt;). My first question is: is there a way to do &amp;nbsp;something similar with DB alone without using an external app? The second question is: is there an integration that can be used to trigger the creation of the "main project folder" from another app using a template stored in DB? Example: when I create a new quote in QB I could use a Zap to trigger the creation of the "main project folder" with the same name as the quote.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hope this is clear and I'd like to know if this is something that anybody else does and what is your way to automate/optimize it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 17:07:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299436#M2771</guid>
      <dc:creator>Roberto S.12</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-10-04T17:07:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299488#M2772</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/162554" target="_blank"&gt;@Roberto S.12&lt;/A&gt;! Great to e-meet you. You present an interesting workflow for us to explore and you've come to the right place to have this conversation! I'm a community manager here at Dropbox and while I don't have an identical use case, I can certainly help you explore what you might do next. Let's break things down by question.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;My first question is: is there a way to do &amp;nbsp;something similar [to Post Haste] with DB alone without using an external app?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;-&amp;nbsp;Could you please elaborate on what you're specifically doing with Post Haste. If I understand correctly, it sounds like you're setting up file and folder templates for your projects. Is that right? If yes, then as far as I know there is no way to templatize folder creation at this time. However, you may be in luck with an integration.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;The second question is: is there an integration that can be used to trigger the creation of the "main project folder" from another app using a template stored in DB? Example: when I create a new quote in QB I could use a Zap to trigger the creation of the "main project folder" with the same name as the quote.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;- My instinct was to suggest Zapier, actually! I do not have detailed knowledge of integrations like this, but I recommend tinkering with Zapier and IFTTT. Tray.io may be able to provide you a custom&amp;nbsp;workflow, but that's something you'd have to investigate. Alternatively, depending on your technical knowledge, I recommend the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/lp/developers" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Dropbox API.&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;You might be interested in speaking with other developers on this subject in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Developer-API/ct-p/101000041" target="_self"&gt;API area of our forum&lt;/A&gt;, as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Please let us know if you have follow up questions. I look forward to hearing from others about their workflows and recommendations, too!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 04:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299488#M2772</guid>
      <dc:creator>AlexisL</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-27T04:09:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299642#M2773</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi AlexisL, great to meet you too and thanks for your reply.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Yes, the reason I was asking if something similar to Post Haste was available&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;DB was to eventually get rid of the app, it doesn't live in the cloud so no way to use some kind of integration with it (it is a very useful little app, but has its limits).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for suggesting the DB API but it is not something I'm confortable using at this time.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I'll keep investigating with Zapier and related integrations,&amp;nbsp;maybe someone will see my post and they'll be able give me a different suggestion.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:53:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299642#M2773</guid>
      <dc:creator>Roberto S.12</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-27T18:53:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299909#M2774</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Thanks for following up&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/162554"&gt;@Roberto S.12&lt;/a&gt;! Looking forward to seeing more thoughts come in from the community. Let us know if you have follow up questions and we'll be happy to help!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 18:59:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/299909#M2774</guid>
      <dc:creator>AlexisL</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-09-28T18:59:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/310524#M2775</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;We have a similar&amp;nbsp;set up for our projects and have created a nested folder template that we copy and rename for new projects.&amp;nbsp; This works without too much hassle.&amp;nbsp; Zapier does have some dropbox functions but from what I have seen although it can create a file it can't&amp;nbsp;create a complex nested one or copy a template.&amp;nbsp; Some IT people may have a coding workaround though.&amp;nbsp; I will be curious to follow this discuss what comes of it.&amp;nbsp; Although there are other features I would like that would save me more time a file template function would be cool.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:23:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/310524#M2775</guid>
      <dc:creator>Zil</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-14T22:23:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/310605#M2776</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Great to hear from you,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/499862"&gt;@Zil&lt;/a&gt;! Sounds like you've found a setup that works for you. You mention Zapier - do you have any Zaps with Dropbox that you recommend?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:57:30 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/310605#M2776</guid>
      <dc:creator>AlexisL</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-14T23:57:30Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/311913#M2777</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;It is very specific to each businesses workflow and which software they use.&amp;nbsp; I would recommend everyone map out their workflow and make a list of all of their software they use and then from there see how things can interact.&amp;nbsp; Having everything mapped out you can then go to Zapier or to the vendors directly and say I have these softwares, what can you help me automate?&amp;nbsp; The ultimate goal is to create one information environment where everything is connected and there is no duplication of effort.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 18:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/311913#M2777</guid>
      <dc:creator>Zil</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-19T18:39:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/312140#M2778</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Just going to jump in on this chat&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/499862"&gt;@Zil&lt;/a&gt;! I really like your point about mapping out&amp;nbsp;each&amp;nbsp;individual workflow to see how things interact as a starting point for automation. Would really help to ensure nothing obvious is overlooked too!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Did you find this approach made a noticable difference for you?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/312140#M2778</guid>
      <dc:creator>Emma</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-20T11:03:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Automatic creation of nested folders</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/385310#M2779</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I know this thread started over a year ago but I am having a similar issue finding an integration or zap that will help create nested folders. I figured out how to get the "main project" folder created through a zap but would like to trigger a nested folder set up once I rename the "main project" with our current naming convention. So the question is, did anyone figure this out yet? LOL!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Automatic-creation-of-nested-folders/m-p/385310#M2779</guid>
      <dc:creator>KristyP</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-12-19T20:51:16Z</dc:date>
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