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How to retrieve file name and extension from file out of Dataverse in flow

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Posted on by Robin1988 249

Hello all,

I'm looking for the file name and extension of the file I downloaded in my flow this to use later on in email attachment. Does anyone know?

In my flow you see I'm downloading the file. So I can paste the content later on, but not the name. So I need to know its extension and name.

 

 

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    v-xiaochen-msft on at

    Hi @Robin1988 ,

     

    You could use get row action to get the file name and extension.

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    Best Regards,

    Wearsky

     

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    Robin1988 249 on at

    Ah there it is! Thx for your replay 🙂

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    Robin1988 249 on at

    @v-xiaochen-msft  maybe one more question, how to get it out and retrieve back in a single string?

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    MrHospers 4 on at

    Stumbled on this question/ solution. But you cab grab the data with the "Get record" but then you still aren't able to access the file name. I'll need to parse the JSON from the Get record and after that you are all set. 

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    Aarnav 59 on at

    Hi @v-xiaochen-msft 

    is there a way we can update the value of the field "crba2_test_file_name'? This field is not available in flow to update under 'Update a row' action.

    thanks

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    Community Power Pla... on at

    Hi, have you found solution to retrieve it back in single string?

     

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    JonDoesFlow 1,304 on at

    Thanks for this. Has been bothering me for hours. 

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