How to backup & zip a folder?

I created a rule for ParentFolder that copies SubFolderA to the destination Backups folder (that will run once a day). Is there a way to have the folder that is copied be zipped at the same time such that the copied folder is SubFolderA-2017-10-01.zip ?

You can use the Archive action to do that for you. You can then rename using a date as needed.

Mr_Noodle wrote:You can use the Archive action to do that for you. You can then rename using a date as needed.

When I just do Archive the original folder is removed. I want to keep SubFolderA. Do I need to make a copy of the folder with a new name and archive that?

I get it now, was confused by the language used in the rule:

"Do the following to the matched file or folder"
It's renaming and archiving the copied folder, not the matched folder.

The target file changes depending on the action. The use of "matched" is to make it clear when people use nested conditions to apply to files besides the matched one.