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how to apply dynamic filter in retrieve email message from outlook action

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Posted on by kanha123_456 43

Hi ,

i want to retrieve the email message with below subject line

InaccurateLevel_YYYY-MM-DD

But my main concern is InaccurateLevel YYYY-MM-DD this string value and date is fixed but this underscore which is in between

InaccurateLevel_YYYY-MM-DD is not fixed it can be anything space , or || or anything 

so, i need to handle the situation where if anything come in between bot dont fail.

 

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    eetuRobo Profile Picture
    eetuRobo 4,572 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Will there be other emails with InaccurateLevel in subject line? If not then I would recommend putting just that in the subject line:

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    Then (if needed) after that you could check if it ends with the date format with regex: \d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$

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    kanha123_456 43 on at

    @eetuRobo thanks for response , the date i want only current date ...in that case what exact expression need to put

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    I recommend first retrieving all emails with "InaccurateLevel", as @eetuRobo suggested. If you mark your emails as unread after processing, this should be fine, as you won't be getting too many each time.

     

    And then inside the loop, you don't need any regex or the Parse text action, if you're specifically checking for the current date. You just need Get current date time to get the date and then Convert date time to text to convert it to a custom format that you want.

     

    And then simply check if the current email subject contains the formatted date. If it does - process the email. If it doesn't - skip it. 

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