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How to send a newly created Excel file as an attachment with PAD

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Hi there community,

 

As a result of my flow I get an overwritten Excel file, which I save on my desktop with a new name, and want to send via email as an attached file with the same flow.

 

The flows goes as planned, but I am not able to send this newly created Excel via email (Outlook), as I get "file not found" error in a final "send by email" step.

 

PAD asks me to provide a specific file path. However, this new file is being generated during the flow, so there's now way to indicate it before completion of the flow.

 

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I tried to put the path of the original Excel and change the file name with a new name variable, but it gets lost. Interestingly, this is how I save the Excel file during the flow: I show the path and edit the final file name with a variable.

 

I also tried with entering new Excel variable, but then it says it must be a path to the file.

 

I checked whether Outlook can send any file, and there are not problems, so it's a PAD issue.

 

To sum up, it's a philosophical paradox of how to indicate a file's path before the flow, when said file is being created only during this flow:D

 

Many thanks in advance for any ideas!

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  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,726 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    I would create a "sacrificial lamb" file so that  PAD is happy, and then delete that file as part of your flow just before creating it "new" .

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