A Flow that takes uploaded excel attachment from a form and sends attachments to email

[Jbod]

Hello, 

I have spent several days trying to find a flow compatible with Excel documents when uploaded as attachments to emails. Currently, my flow runs and sends a file as an email attachment, but that file is unreadable. Any ideas on how to make this flow compatible with Excel documents 

[creativeopinion]

@Jbod In the Append to Array variable action, you need to ensure you are inserting the File Content dynamic content from the Get file Content action.

You might find these YT Tutorials helpful:

How to Get Microsoft Form File Uploads Attached to an Email 📧

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover where file uploads from your Microsoft Forms are saved. I’ll also show you how attach the uploaded files to an email and how to dynamically name the files and customize the recipient of the email based on the selections made in your Microsoft Form. I will also cover how to handle responses that don’t include any file uploads.

IN THIS VIDEO:

‌✅‌ Two types of MS Forms

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Personal (OneDrive) Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ Where Microsoft Group Form File Uploads are Saved

‌✅‌ How to Add a File Upload Question to an MS Form

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

‌✅‌ How to get a Microsoft Form Response

‌✅‌ How to Get the Dynamic Content Microsoft Form File Upload Content

‌✅‌ How to handle Single and Multiple Microsoft Form File Uploads

‌✅‌ How to use a Scope action to Organize and Group Your Flow Actions

‌✅‌ How to Get the File Content from an MS Form File Upload

‌✅‌ How to Collect All Files Uploaded to a MS Form and Attach to an Email

‌✅‌ How to Handle MS Form Response When a File Isn’t Uploaded

‌✅‌ How to Create an Email Key

‌✅‌ How to Send an Email to a Specific Recipient Based on Form Selection

‌✅‌ How to Create a Dynamic Output Based on Form Selection

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How to Add Microsoft Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

In this Microsoft Power Automate Tutorial I’m going to cover how to add file uploads to a SharePoint list item. First, I’ll show you how to get the file name and content from the File Uploads from your Microsoft Form, then I’ll show you how to add those files to a SharePoint item.

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ Two types of MS Forms

✅ Where Microsoft Personal (OneDrive) Form File Uploads are Saved

✅ Where Microsoft Group Form File Uploads are Saved

✅ How to Add a File Upload Question to an MS Form

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response

✅ How to Get the Dynamic Content Microsoft Form File Upload Content

✅ How to handle Single and Multiple Microsoft Form File Uploads

✅ How to use a Scope action to Organize and Group Your Flow Actions

✅ How to Get the File Content from an MS Form File Upload

✅ How to Collect All Files from Multiple File Upload Questions

✅ How to Handle MS Form Response When a File Isn’t Uploaded

✅ How to Attach an MS Form Single File Upload to a SharePoint List Item

✅ How to Attach Multiple MS Form File Uploads to a SharePoint List Item

✅ How to Attach MS Form File Uploads to an Email

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How to Get a Microsoft Form RSVP Response into a SharePoint List

IN THIS VIDEO:

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response into SharePoint

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

✅ How to get a Microsoft Form response

✅ How to Build a Microsoft Form with Conditional Fields

✅ How to used Branching in Microsoft Forms

✅ How to format Microsoft Form multiple choice responses for a SharePoint multi-choice column

✅ How to parse a Microsoft Form multiple choice response as string of text

✅ How to convert a text response to a number

✅ How to use the Switch action

✅ How to create a custom email confirmation for a Microsoft Form submission

✅ How to Create a Custom View in a SharePoint list

✅ How to use the Compose Action

✅ How to write Power Automate Expressions

Hope this helps!

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[Jbod]

I am still getting the same output, which is an unreadable file. The attachment looks like this. 

[FLMike]

Hi @Jbod 

On this line

click the little Mapper Icon at the end

Enter your name and Content separately

Don't use the JSON, I am surprised you aren't getting an error.

If I have helped you, I would really appreciate if you please Mark my answer as Resolved/Answered, and give it a thumbs up, so it can help others

Cheers

Thank You
Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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[FLMike]

Hi @Jbod 

Can you please open the file from where it started and verify its good.

Next, can you please add a Create File (sharepoint, onedrive don't care) and just use the Get File Contents output into its input, then open that.

If thats corrupted, then the file is just corrupted, and we are using cycles for nothing.

[creativeopinion · Accepted solution]

@Jbod Your filename is missing an extension. 

Refer to this section of my tutorial where I cover how to create a dynamic file name.

Hope this helps!

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