Automatically Creating Outlook Events from Flagged Email Due Dates

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In Outlook, when I flag an email with a due date, I want to automatically create a calendar event on that due date. In this case, how should I set the start and end date for the event?

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Riyaz_riz11 3,878 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

1. Trigger:

Trigger: When a new email arrives (V3)

✅ Enable "Only with Flag set" option.

If this is not available, use When a flagged email is created or filter emails flagged using a condition.

2. Condition (Optional):

Add a condition to check if Flag/Due Date is not null, to avoid creating events without valid dates.

3. Get Due Date:

The Flag object has a dueDateTime field.

Extract dueDateTime from the flagged message.

4. Create Calendar Event:

Action: Create event (V4) (Outlook)

Use the dueDateTime to create the event:

Start Time: Set to dueDateTime + "T09:00:00"

End Time: Set to dueDateTime + "T09:30:00"

Example using Expression:

start time: formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/flag/dueDateTime'], 'yyyy-MM-ddT09:00:00') end time: formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/flag/dueDateTime'], 'yyyy-MM-ddT09:30:00')

5. Set Other Fields:

Subject: Use subject from the email.

Body: Include the email preview or link.

Location: Leave blank or set default.

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Riyaz

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AL-11110020-0 2 on at

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Do I need the premium version of automate to create this flow? I tried to do it on the free licence but I do not have access to the flag parameter or flag/due date parameter in the when a new email arrives trigger

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VictorIvanidze 13,073 on at

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Share your flow please.

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