Let Power Automate flow analyze a file that user send to it?

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How can i give a flow a file to preform actions on?

For example i want a user to upload a excel file, then want flow to do stuff to that file and send a response to the user.

Just for example:

Send file to flow > Get metadata from file > Print metadata in a mail to user.

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Hello @Oskarkuus

Can you elaborate on Metadata.

If you just trying to work with data within the excel file, you can just use the actions below -

If you trying to modify file properties - then you might want to use action below -

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Yes, but how do i trigger the flow by letting a user submit the file to the flow?

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@Oskarkuus Depending on the data source you can select the Trigger.

For example if DataSouce is SharePoint you can use the Triggers below -

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Yes but i dont know how to use them so that i can give a user a simple way to submit a file that a user understand.
For example, upload a file to a sharepoint list, can that be a trigger?

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@Oskarkuus Yes, you can use the "When the file is created" for details see - https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Community-Blog/SharePoint-Based-Triggers-In-Microsoft-Flow-Part-One/ba-p/388315

Depending on your requirement you can select the Trigger of your choice.

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