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My flow has to add from 1 to N document attachments to a D365 email message ie Created in D365, (not Outlook) The problem is that I can't create an Activity Mime Attachment inside Flow. Flow demands a lookup to a related Attachment record, but Flow does not support creation of Attachments. So I'm snookered. I've seen some kludges suggested on the forums, like using an HTTP post, or directly hacking the Flow code to create an activitymimeattachment without an associated attachment, but I don't want to kludge it, I want a supported Flow based solution. Can anybody help me?

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Rod Stuart 8 on at

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Hi @Foghornleghorn.
I believe you may be looking for this example.
Hope it helps you get to your solution.
Let me know if you need more information:

https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/multiple-attachments-single-email/

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Foghornleghorn 4 on at

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@Rod_365 Thanks for that. However, the method used is to create an Email directly in Outlook. I need to create it as a Dynamics 365 Email Message, and for that type of entity there is no Attachments field to load a content array into (See below).

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v-alzhan-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Foghornleghorn ,

Sorry for the Email Massages item don't have the column to add the email attachment, if you want to add the email attachment, I suggest that you could take a try with the Attachments entity:

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Alice

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Foghornleghorn 4 on at

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@v-alzhan-msft Thanks for that. Have you actually tried running that? Because when I try to use Flow to create an Attachment in D365, I get a message saying that the create method is not supported for this entity. If you code like this:
Then you get this error message:
{
  "status": 400,
  "message": "The 'Create' method does not support entities of type 'attachment'.",
  "error": {
    "message": "The 'Create' method does not support entities of type 'attachment'."
  },
  "source": "XXXXXXX.crm6.dynamics.com",
  "errors": [],
  "debugInfo": "clientRequestId: c9204ffb-95ad-46b6-923a-999bbbd3a3fe"
}

BTW the $content and $content-type attributes are set correctly, I believe. I was able to create D365 annotation attachments with no problems using thos references.

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v-alzhan-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Foghornleghorn ,

I have made a test on my side and the issue is confirmed on my side.

I'm afraid that the function to add attcachments is not supported in the CDS currently, as the same idea for the dynamic 365:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Ideas/Attach-File-to-Dynamics-365/idi-p/143680

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Linn Zaw Win 2,996 on at

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@Foghornleghorn
When you create ActivityMimeAttachment entity, lookup to a related Attachment record of needs to be left empty (set null with old CDS connector) to let the system create internally.
Then, update the attachment file infomation (file name, content, MIME type) using CDS (current environment) connector
I've written a blog post about it on how to send Email with Attachments from Dynamics 365/CDS using CDS connectors only in flow.
http://linnzawwin.blogspot.com/2020/05/send-email-from-dynamics-365cds-with.html

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AnnekeCr 8 on at

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Thanks Linn. Always coming to the rescue.

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