Move an Item to a Folder

This procedure is part of the SharePoint Book (BDK). To use this book, you must first learn it in your agent.

Overview

This procedure moves an item (folder or file) to a given folder in SharePoint.

Input Concepts

Concept	Description	Type	Required	Default Value
item	An item (folder or file) that will be moved.	sharepoint file reference or sharepoint folder reference	Yes	N/A
folder	The destination folder where the item will be moved.	sharepoint folder reference	Yes	N/A
file name	The new name for the move. If this isn't provided, the same name will be used as the original.	text	No	N/A
conflict behavior	The behavior when a conflict occurs. Possible values are 'fail', 'replace', 'rename'.	text	No	rename

Examples

Move an item to a folder

get a folder at "/My Site/My Documents/My Folder"
use the above as the source folder
get a folder at "/My Site/My Documents/My Other Folder"
use the above as the destination folder
move the source folder to the destination folder