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Forum Discussion
How can I add automation options on the camera uploads folder?
Hi,
camera uploads how to i organize it by adding automation and creating folders by
Year & Month.
I did try my best but failed to automate I would like to know the process to do so
Thanks
Johnson
Johnson S. wrote:
Camera uploads I would like to sort first by year and then by month.
You can create an automation that will group files into a Year folder, and then create an automation on the Year folder that will group files into Month folders. Or you can just create an automation to sort by Month, because the month folders that get created have the year in them; i.e. 2023-04 for April.
Keep in mind that this will only sort based on the date the files were added to the folder, not when they were taken. For instance, I just created this exact automation on a copy of my Camera Uploads folder and it created a 2023 folder and then a 2023-04 folder within that, but the files that were sorted into those folders were taken in 2019. It doesn't sort based on when they were taken. It sorts based on when they were added to the folder.
This is fine for any new files added to Camera Uploads, but if your intent is to sort any existing files in this way, you'll need to do it manually.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey Johnson S., thanks for posting and happy Monday!
Have you taken a look at our Help Center article with info and steps on how to use our automations feature?
Let me know how it goes.
Yes i have gone thru the below article but i am not able to do it.
Hope i am clear on my question: Camera uploads I would like to sort first by year
and then by month . How to i auto create with month and year ???
Do you have a tutorial youtube on this?
- Rich
Super User II
Johnson S. wrote:
Camera uploads I would like to sort first by year and then by month.
You can create an automation that will group files into a Year folder, and then create an automation on the Year folder that will group files into Month folders. Or you can just create an automation to sort by Month, because the month folders that get created have the year in them; i.e. 2023-04 for April.
Keep in mind that this will only sort based on the date the files were added to the folder, not when they were taken. For instance, I just created this exact automation on a copy of my Camera Uploads folder and it created a 2023 folder and then a 2023-04 folder within that, but the files that were sorted into those folders were taken in 2019. It doesn't sort based on when they were taken. It sorts based on when they were added to the folder.
This is fine for any new files added to Camera Uploads, but if your intent is to sort any existing files in this way, you'll need to do it manually.
Well the camera uploads the automation is not that great, sorting is not impressive
