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We have a flow which reads a file, builds a pdf and attaches it to a personalised email. Sometimes, two instances of the flow will create the same file from the template, even though the file name appears to be a timestamp 22-05-30T04:09:31.6197872Z.docx. This results in the same attachment being sent to different personalised emails, causing a privacy breach. Is it possible that the there are different process threads causing a clash? and if so, can we restrict the process to be just one thread?

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    13 on at

    Thanks - this exactly what I'm looking for!

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    on at

    Hi @DLACEY ,

     

    You could try:

    1. Click the 3 dots on your trigger
    2. click settings
    3. Enable concurrency, and set it’s value to 1

     

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    I think this link will help you a lot:

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    13 on at

    I should have added that the flow is triggered by data being added into a List in bulk.

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