Flow sends email twice

[KKratz]

Hello, 

I created a really easy flow which is triggered when I receive an email and then sends a new mail with the same attachement. 

However, it always sends two mails even though the flow runs only once. 

I cannot find where this comes from. 

I have already checked other posts, but they did not match with my problem. 

Thanks!

[v-xiaochen-msft]

Hi @KKratz ,

It will send multiple emails because you are using 'Apply to each' action. It is a loop action.

In your case, if you have 3 attachments, it will send 3 emails.

So, if you don't want it to send multiple emails, please remove the 'Apply to each' action.

Best Regards,

Wearsky

[KKratz]

Hello @v-xiaochen-msft ,

As soon as I select the attachement in the Send email (V2) section Power automate automatically creates the 'Apply to each' section. I do not know how to select the attachement of the previous step without the automatic creation of 'Apply to each'

[v-xiaochen-msft]

Hi @KKratz ,

This is by design.

Think of attachments as an array, since it may have multiple.

Traversing through the array and sending emails will send multiple emails.

Best Regards,

Wearsky

[KKratz]

Hi @v-xiaochen-msft,

I get your point. However, when I only have one attachement it should only send one email, shouldn't it?

And as I said, I don't know how to avoid the loop. Is there any possibility to select the attachement in "Send email" without automatically creating the 'for each' loop?

[v-xiaochen-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @KKratz ,

It only sends one email when it only has one attachment, although it's in a loop.

Besides, there are methods to extract data from array and save to text variable. And it will help to avoid the loop.

But it depends on your desired data. Everyone's array structure and content are different, so I can't give an exact solution.

Best Regards,

Wearsky