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hi all,

as a regular user of power automate i'm glad to give my contribution to the community

Previously, we daily received an email from a provider and I built a flow to extract the attachment and create a file in sharepoint (see pic below)

Now the provider no longer sends e-mails with the direct attachment but has included it in an outlook item (see pic): i.e. an .eml file

how can i modify the flow to get the "outlook item", open it and get the attachment?

thanks for your cooperation

Dario

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Hi @DV-17061327-0

You won't be able to directly extract using Power Automate. The issue here is your attachment is an email and inside that email there are attachments. There is a way to do this. So create a Azure Function app then pass the email attachment to function app. Function App will return the content and filename. Using that you can create the file in SharePoint or Onedrive.

I will create a video soon and share the code (Azure Function via Github repo) soon.

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many thanks for your prompt reply.

many questions in different steps. never used Azure Function app so a video would help so much.

not clear what to insert in those functions brackets:

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Hi,

Trigger: When a new email arrives (V3)

Folder: Inbox

Subject filter: Use Subject Filter as "ApprovalsTest" or whatever your provider uses.

Include Attachments: ✅ Yes

Only with Attachments: ✅ Yes

2. Condition (Optional but useful)

To ensure the email has the correct subject:

Condition:

Subject contains 'ApprovalsTest'

3. Apply to Each (Attachment)

Input: Attachments from the trigger

4. Create File in SharePoint

Site Address: Your SharePoint site

Folder Path: e.g. /Shared Documents/ApprovalsTest

File Name: Attachment Name

Name (dynamic content from attachment)

File Content:

ContentBytes (dynamic content from attachment) If I have answered your question, please mark it as the preferred solution ✅ . If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up 👍. Regards, Riyaz

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Hi @Riyaz_riz11

Yes, your answer is correct regarding email attachments. However, the question is about an email that has another email attached. The attached email contains its own attachments that need to be extracted. For this, we need custom code to help, as Power Automate cannot extract attachments directly in this scenario.

@DV-17061327-0 will record one today and post it and share the code as well.

Thanks

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Hi @DV-17061327-0

Here is the video

Part I

https://youtu.be/rpYDxKMYkUQ

Part II

https://youtu.be/9PvPqsWcY64

Here is the githhub repo where you can download the source. The main code is under the function_app.py

https://github.com/ajbgm/AzureFunctionApp-ExtractAttachments

If you find this useful please accept it as solution accepted, like my video and subscribe. Really appreciate it.

Any questions please let me know.

Thanks a lot

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