How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

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Posted on 4 Feb 2022 18:26:22 by ironpink

Hi all

I want to create a flow that save on my sharepoint just particular attachment that i receive (ie a file called PIPPOPIPPO.xlsx).
this is why a lot of mails i receive have a graphics in senders' signatures or they send me more then just one file required.

Anyway the request is simple: How to save ONLY CERTAIN ATTACHMENTS from outlook to sharepoint

thank you

raffaele

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Mister_Shaik 1,006 on 09 Feb 2022 at 14:22:06

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Re: How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

Hi @ironpink ,

Unfortunately you can't edit created/modified meta data in SharePoint. If you want to retain the created/modified meta data, then you can create new columns in the document library for that data and update them using the "Update file properties" action.
ironpink 11 on 09 Feb 2022 at 11:46:34

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Re: How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

hi @Mister_Shaik
one more question.
how can I add the ORGINAL last saved date of the file to the name of the file?

as you can see i made a test sending myself few excel files but the file are saved with the date of the flow and not with the data when the file has been made.

moreover, it seems that the file ha a new access date and creation data

could you help me?

thank you
raffaele
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Mister_Shaik 1,006 on 07 Feb 2022 at 04:37:12

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Re: How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

Hi @ironpink ,

The "When a new email arrives (V3)" does not provide attachment content by default, you need to call another action inside the "Apply to each" loop to get the attachment content and then use that content to create the file.

Hope this helps to fix your issue 🙂

Kind Regards,
Shaik Sha
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ironpink 11 on 06 Feb 2022 at 18:16:48

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Re: How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

hi @Mister_Shaik
filter works but it do not save the file in correct format.
any suggestions?

tx raffaele
Mister_Shaik 1,006 on 04 Feb 2022 at 18:36:32

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Re: How to save only certain attachments from outlook to sharepoint

Hi @ironpink ,

I'm assuming that you're having a flow that gets triggered when an email arrives in your/mailbox inbox with an attachment, and now you want to identify the useful files and save only them to the SharePoint.

You can use a Filter action here to filter out all the attachments that match a provided identifier text and then use the output of this filter to save into a SharePoint,

Let me know if you're having some different trigger or if my assumption is wrong.

Hope this helps 🙂

Kind Regards,
Shaik Sha
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