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Hi,

I wanted to create PowerAutomate flow which: check incoming email attachment excel content based on key word(s) and if the key word is noticed than it will send notification.

 

Please find bellow flow what I designed but I don't know why it is not working when I am testing it. 

 

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  • v-liwei-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Tomas1772 

     

    Could you please tell me:

    Do you mean MS Form by Form? 

    I did a test for your reference:

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    Best Regards,

    Levi

  • Tomas1772 Profile Picture
    10 on at

    Hi @v-liwei-msft , 

    Outlook email with excel attachment is starting point, not MS Form. 

     

    Regards, 

    Tomas

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    v-liwei-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Tomas1772 

     

    First of all my sincere apologies for my first reply. 

    I mistakenly sent you a reply from another case. 

    Sorry for your needs this is not possible. 

    The attachment content is returned to flow in base64 format, so you cannot parse it directly.

    But you can create a new idea through the below URL, then ask  your colleagues to raise up the votes.  

    Power Automate · Community

    The  product team has direct visibility of these ideas and they will implement it on the basis of the highest number of votes received. 

     

    Best Regards,

    Levi

  • Tomas1772 Profile Picture
    10 on at

    Hi @v-liwei-msft

    thank you for your response. Could you advice me where Excel file should be stored to allow PowerAutomate read its content? is there any option?

     

    Regards, 

    Tomas

  • v-liwei-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Tomas1772 

     

    You can save files in SharePoint library or OneDrive. 

    If you want to read data in Excel, the most important point is that the data in Excel must exist in the form of a table.

     

    Best Regards,

    Levi

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