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Hi Folks!

 

I want to set an If Statement every time a user attach a file and check it it is an excel file it will trigger a power automate code.

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    WarrenBelz 145,343 on at
    Re: Check attachment control if it is an excel file

    @philifova ,

    That is a completely different question and not straight-forward (it would be quite easy using the last attachment as I posted earlier).

    This was a brain-bender and my best effort is below (and I cannot test it beyond it being valid code) - it should set your Variable to the content of the last attachment with an Excel extension

    With(
     {
     wExt: 
     ForAll(
     AttachControlName.Attachments,
     {
     Ext: 
     Last(
     Split(
     Name,
     "."
     )
     ).Result
     }
     )
     },
     With(
     {
     wPos: 
    		 ForAll(
     Sequence(CountRows(wExt)),
     Patch(
     Last(
     FirstN(
     wExt,
     Value
     )
     ),
     {RowNo: Value}
     )
     )
     },
     Set(
     varAttachment,
     Index(
     AttachControlName.Attachments,
     LookUp(
     Sort(
     wPos,
     RowNo,
     Descending
     ),
     Ext = "xlsx"
     ).RowNo
     ).Value
     )
     )
    )

     

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    philifova 125 on at
    Re: Check attachment control if it is an excel file

    @WarrenBelz 

    It worked but, it's not picking up the current location of excel file. Here the code.

     

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    WarrenBelz 145,343 on at
    Re: Check attachment control if it is an excel file

    Hi @philifova ,

    You asked for every time a user attach a file - so that checks them as they attach. You would have to run this before you save the form

    If(
     CountRows(
     Filter(
     AttachControlName.Attachments,
     Last(
     Split(
     Name,
     "."
     )
     ).Result = "xlxs"
     )
     ) > 0,
     RunYourFlow . . .

     

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    philifova 125 on at
    Re: Check attachment control if it is an excel file

    Hi @WarrenBelz 

     

    The user have ability to attach multiple files at the same time. They can also attach a PDF file. I tried the code you provided. It didn't trigger the flow it is because the excel file is in the second row.

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    WarrenBelz 145,343 on at
    Re: Check attachment control if it is an excel file

    Hi @philifova ,

    Something like this OnAddFile

    If(
     Last(
     Split(
     Last(Self.Attachments).Name,
     "."
     )
     ).Result = "xlsx",
     RunYourFlow

     

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