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Help with dynamic attachment names

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Hi,

 

I am brand new to using power automate or any kind of automations. 

 

I am trying to build a flow where it takes information from an email attachment and saves it into a secondary excel file (which will then be used for BI reporting) 

 

The issue is that the email attachment will come through several times a day and must have a unique name. To overcome this, I used UTC Now in the subject line of the automation but the rest of the name is static. 

 

How can I get power automate to recognize the attachment if it has a dynamic name? 

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  • annajhaveri Profile Picture
    annajhaveri 8,531 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @Anonymous you can loop through attachments using Apply to each action and add condition action in it to check the attachment name contains that specific keyword

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  • EmadBeshai Profile Picture
    EmadBeshai 806 Moderator on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    I think you can find the needed solution after checking the below link 
    Extract excel data from email attachment and add t... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

     

    If this post helps you with your problem, please mark your as Accepted solution.If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up.

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