MS Form with File upload to MS Planner as an attachment

Good day to you!

I have a Microsoft Form set up where one of the 'questions' is a file upload of up to ten files. Right now, I a Flow set up where the form will generate a task in MS Planner and input all the text from the form into the notes.

What I would like to add is a way to get the files over there as well. I'm open to two options:

Move the files over attached to the Planner task as an attachment: Not sure if this is possible but it would be a nice easy option from a user standpoint.
OR
Generate OneDrive links to these files that can be pasted into the notes: This, I'm guessing, is the easiest option and I am open to having OneDrive links generated instead and placed in the body of the notes.

Any help you can provide would be most appreciated. Thanks and have a great day!

Edit: Please note, I am very new to Power Automate. I can probably figure my way around JSONs and what not if needed, but please be as "in layman's terms" as possible in your response. Thanks 😄

@BillF You might find these YT Tutorials linked below helpful. The concepts covered in these tutorials should help you with your flow requirements. If you still run into issues, feel free to post your screenshots of your flow. Ensure you've toggled off the New Designer and have clicked on all actions to expand them and that you are in edit mode.

How to Get Microsoft Form File Uploads Attached to an Email 📧

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover where file uploads from your Microsoft Forms are saved. I’ll also show you how attach the uploaded files to an email and how to dynamically name the files and customize the recipient of the email based on the selections made in your Microsoft Form. I will also cover how to handle responses that don’t include any file uploads.

IN THIS VIDEO:

‌✅‌ Two types of MS Forms

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Personal (OneDrive) Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Group Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ How to Add a File Upload Question to an MS Form

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form Response

‌✅‌ How to Get the Dynamic Content Microsoft Form File Upload Content

‌✅‌ How to handle Single and Multiple Microsoft Form File Uploads

‌✅‌ How to use a Scope action to Organize and Group Your Flow Actions

‌✅‌ How to Get the File Content from an MS Form File Upload

‌✅‌ How to Collect All Files Uploaded to a MS Form and Attach to an Email

‌✅‌ How to Handle MS Form Response When a File Isn’t Uploaded

‌✅‌ How to Create an Email Key

‌✅‌ How to Send an Email to a Specific Recipient Based on Form Selection

‌✅‌ How to Create a Dynamic Output Based on Form Selection

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How to Email Attachments 🖇 to Your Planner Tasks

When you add attachments to a Planner task from your computer, the files are automatically saved in the Documents document library of the SharePoint site associated with the M365 Group of your plan. Instead of downloading email attachments to OneDrive or SharePoint just so you can add them to a Planner Task—automate it.

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial—I’m going to show you how build a flow that will take your email attachments and add them to a Planner task. All you need to do is copy a link to a task, forward the email to yourself and the attachments will be saved onto SharePoint and attached to your planner task.

At the end of the video I’ll show you how to use Trigger Conditions so this automation only runs when specific conditions are met.

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ How to get the Message ID from an Email

✅ How to use the Get an Email (V2) action with a Manual Trigger

✅ How to use the split() function to split an email subject line

✅ How to use the Scope action to group your actions

✅ How to create a folder for email attachments on SharePoint

✅ How to use the Get Attachment (V2) action

✅ How to create attachment files in SharePoint

✅ How to use the Append to Array variable action to collect attachments

✅ How to add multiple attachments to a Planner Task

✅ How to switch a manual trigger to an automated trigger

✅ How to use Trigger Conditions in a when a New Email Arrives Trigger

✅ How to trigger your flow when only specific emails arrive

Hope this helps!

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