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Creating Planner Task from Form which include attachments and then to export all information as an Excel spreadsheet

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Hey guys

 

Total novice to power automate/flow so please forgive me!

 

I am looking to streamline a function for work that is very old fashioned and everyone gets two versions of paperwork, when everything can be streamlined into one process. The forms acts as a customer request, that has 4 products that the customer can pick from. From there, a list of options (under each of the products) can be filled out by the customer.

 

I have built a form in Forms that when the user populates it and fills it out, it goes into the correct Teams bucket.

 

However, I require two things to happen in the same instance as the task in planner gets populated:

 

  • I require the attachments from the files on my OneDrive that people have uploaded via Forms to be attached to the task card
  • I also require that the data to be exported and attached to the task card in Teams with only the relevant information appropriate to each of the products (I know that I can export all data from the Form, but it shows everything - each product is outsourced)

Any help on these matters would be absolutely grand!

 

Thanks

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    Re: Creating Planner Task from Form which include attachments and then to export all information as an Excel spreadsheet

    @Sphynx2086 Instead of using a Switch function—you should consider using an expression or a key so that you are using dynamic content in the create and update a task actions. This way you only need to use those actions once in your flow making it easier to manage. 

     

    Reference this section of one of my YT Tutorials on how to use an if() function. I also cover the following: 

    IN THIS VIDEO:

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response into SharePoint

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form response

    ✅ How to Build a Microsoft Form with Conditional Fields

    ✅ How to used Branching in Microsoft Forms

    ✅ How to format Microsoft Form multiple choice responses for a SharePoint multi-choice column

    ✅ How to parse a Microsoft Form multiple choice response as string of text

    ✅ How to convert a text response to a number

    ✅ How to use the Switch action

    ✅ How to create a custom email confirmation for a Microsoft Form submission

    ✅ How to Create a Custom View in a SharePoint list

    ✅ How to use the Compose Action

    ✅ How to write Power Automate Expressions

     

     

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    Reference this section of my YT Tutorial: How to Get Microsoft Form File Uploads Attached to an Email 📧

     

    In this section I cover how to create a dynamic content key that will output an email address/addresses based on a selection from the form. You can use the same logic in your flow.

     

    I also cover the following in the tutorial above:

    ✅ 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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    Reference this YT Tutorial on how to get your file uploads from your MS Form: How to Add Microsoft Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

     

    Although I cover how to add the files to a SP List item, you can apply concepts covered in this tutorial to your flow.

     

    In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover how to add file uploads to a SharePoint list item. First, I’ll show you how to get the file name and content from the File Uploads from your Microsoft Form, then I’ll show you how to add those files to a SharePoint item.

     

    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 from Multiple File Upload Questions

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

    ✅ How to Attach an MS Form Single File Upload to a SharePoint List Item

    ✅ How to Attach Multiple MS Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

    ✅ How to Attach MS Form File Uploads to an Email

     

    Hope this helps!

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