I’m trying to set up a Make scenario where every new folder created in a specific Dropbox directory is automatically added to a Google Sheet with the folder name and the correct Dropbox share link.
Example: If I create subfolders A1, A2, A3 under parent folder A, the Google Sheet should show A1, A2, A3 with their own individual folder links.
I’d like advice on how to configure Dropbox + filters + Google Sheets so that Make detects only new folders, and writes the correct folder name and actual folder share link to the sheet.
What is the problem & what have you tried?
The problem is that it doesn’t work. Sometimes no new row is added, and other times Make detects the files inside the folder instead of the folder itself. The generated link is also incorrect—it ends up being either the parent folder A link or a file link, not the actual subfolder link.
Use Watch Folder (folder-created only) + a filter for “.tag = folder” so files don’t trigger. Then run Create shared link for that folder and send name + link to Google Sheets. This gives you clean, correct rows for every new sub folder.
Thanks. But I tried this way, nothing happen on the google sheet, see images attached, please let me know if anything I select wrong.
I want all these folders’ name, start with 26…and the dropbox link copy into google sheets.
Yeah cause that module only watches for new FILES being created, not for new folders.
You can periodically run the list folders module and compare it against the google sheet, if a new folder appears, add it. Or you can change your flow to always add a dummy trigger file inside a newly created folder to trigger the scenario.
What is your goal?
What is the problem & what have you tried?
