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Can ( Dataverse Data Type File ) be used with Power Automate ?

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Posted on 18 Feb 2022 21:09:23 by Community Power Pla...

Hello Guru ! 

 

I want to know if I can use dataverse ( Data Type : File ) with Power automate to send an email with attachment ?

 

GOAL : 

 

I upload a file into Dataverse, the power automate triggers and send an email with the attachment  to Mr X ?

 

If yes, can you guide me ?

 

I also understand that there is a limitation to like 1 attachment... ( Might not be the good solution but I'm very curious into the question ) 

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    v-bofeng-msft on 22 Feb 2022 at 03:01:57
    Re: Can ( Dataverse Data Type File ) be used with Power Automate ?

    Hi @Anonymous :

    Do you want to send a file as an attachment to someone after it has been uploaded to the File field of a table in the dataverse ?

    If so , you could use 'Download a file or an image' to get the file content and then sand an email. But there is a difficulty, that is, flow cannot directly obtain the file name of the file in the file type field, so the created attachment cannot get the correct suffix dynamically. In order to solve this problem, my suggestion is to add a text type file name field. 

    Here's a thread describing the problem and offering a workaround:(Flow to download file from dataverse record and send as email attachment).

    Here is my flow:

    vbofengmsft_0-1645498905659.png

    Best Regards,

    Bof

     

     

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    Community Power Pla... on 19 Feb 2022 at 19:40:04
    Re: Can ( Dataverse Data Type File ) be used with Power Automate ?

    Bump, anyone ?

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    abm abm 32,506 Most Valuable Professional on 18 Feb 2022 at 23:47:03
    Re: Can ( Dataverse Data Type File ) be used with Power Automate ?

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    Please ignore my earlier reply I have realised that you were asking the file type instead of notes.

     

    Thanks

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    abm abm 32,506 Most Valuable Professional on 18 Feb 2022 at 23:27:41
    Re: Can ( Dataverse Data Type File ) be used with Power Automate ?

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    Please have  a look at my video tutorial. You may need to change the trigger accordingly.

     

    Power Automate - How to Retrieve Multiple Attachments from Dataverse & Send Email? - YouTube

     

    Thanks

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