Issue with Sequential Processing of Multiple Files from Google Drive in Make.co

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Hello! I’m experiencing an issue with sequentially processing files from a Google Drive folder in Make.com.

I have set up the Google Drive: Watch Files module to monitor a specific folder. I set the Limit to a higher number (e.g., 20) so that Make retrieves multiple new files at once. I then added an Array Aggregator module to combine all files into an array and used the Iterator to process each file one by one.

The problem is that the Iterator doesn’t process the files sequentially as expected, or it processes the same file multiple times. I’ve tried selecting various array parameters in the Iterator, but the result remains the same.

Could you help me configure the scenario so that each new file in the folder is processed sequentially through the subsequent modules? I’m not sure if I’m using Array Aggregator or Iterator incorrectly, or if there’s another approach I should consider.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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