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I have built a flow that takes the files (attachments) from a SharePoint list and exports them to a document library. The flow is working perfectly except that none of the resulting files have a file type extension. Since the list could include .pdf, .xlsx, .docx, etc., I need a way to identify the file type from the list and dynamically append the extension to my name in the "Create File" block.

Here are the steps leading up to the file creation in my flow. Up to this point, it is working exactly as I want it to

EDIT: I have "File Name with Extension" as the last value in creating the file name in the library, but it does not successfully append to the outputted file. I expected if the attachment was named "contract.pdf" and I put that at the end of the name syntax, I would get Location_Document Number_Status_contract.pdf. What I get is Location_Document Number_Status_contract

Thank you for your help

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ManishSolanki 15,091 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @afdepm

You can get the file name using the 'DisplayName' output property from 'Get attachments' action. You don't need to use 'Get attachment content' action as you can use 'ID' output property from 'Get attachments' action to get the file content. Pls refer to the sample flow:
here, we are iterating all the attachments and creating a new file using DisplayName & ID property.

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@ManishSolanki Thank you, both for helping me simplify the flow as well as giving me the solution!

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@ManishSolanki I spoke too soon. The PDFs all appear to be corrupted. They open fine from the list, but after being exported via this flow, they do not open.

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Restoring the "Get File Content" step and using "Attachment Content" in the Create File block seems to have fixed it.

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