Send email based on date in Excel

[SJohnston10]

Good evening,

I've created a few Power Automations, but the send email on date specified in my Excel Spreadsheet has me stumped.

I don't know exactly where to put in the formulas that change the date into the correct format.

So, I want to send a reminder email to teachers when a student is to return to PE after their PE excuse expires.  

Thank you in advance for your help. 

[fchopo]

Hello @SJohnston10

When you get a date in excel, a integer value is returned, which is the number of days from 12-3o-1899 until today. So, you could filter the elements where date_ends are less or equal than to date with the following formula:

addDays('1899-12-30',int(item()?['Date'])) leq utcNow('yyyy-MM-dd')

Have a look at this example:

1) Each day

2) Get the rows in an Excel table stored in a SharePoint site.

3) Filter the rows where Date is less or equal than today.

4) For each row, send a reminder email.

Hope it helps!

Ferran

[SJohnston10]

Thank you for your very detailed instructions. 

I have followed them but the emails are not sending.

This is what I have so far.  Can you see where I'm going wrong?

[fchopo]

Hello @SJohnston10 

Is the flow not working because of an error, is it not sending any email but it is executed without any errors? Could you check your data in Excel, or share an screenshot of the execution results in Power Automate?

It is normal that the "apply to each 2" is created when you add the send mail action, since the filter action could output more than 1 record.

Regards,

Ferran

[SJohnston10]

It says that they are successful, but nothing ends up being sent.  Based on the Excel Spreadsheet I should get one reminder.

Thank you again for being so willing to help.  It is appreciated.  🙂

[fchopo]

Hello @SJohnston10 

Try to use the ticks function on both sides of the comparison and let's see if it works:

ticks(addDays('1899-12-30',int(item()?['Date']))) leq ticks(utcNow('yyyy-MM-dd'))

 Ferran

[SJohnston10]

Thank you.  That allowed the emails to be sent.  However, it sent all three instead of the one that should have been sent.  So I changed the Apply to Each 2 to Body also and it only looked for those items that were filtered.  

[v-bacao-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @SJohnston10 ,

If you have used Filter Query to filter records, you should not use the Dynamic content output by List rows present in table action to configure Send an email notification action.

You need to use the output from the body of Filter array.

Remove Apply to each 2 and use the expression to get the value of the field in Filter array.

Please use this expression to get the value of the field:  item()['ColumnName'].

Get the column name from the Body of Filter array.

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Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

[SJohnston10 · Accepted solution]

Yes, I found it went twice.  I removed the Apply to each 2.  I do have to say it took me a couple of times to realize I didn't have to insert the condition first.  I just select email and then it adds the condition and then I chose Body.  This note is just in case a newbie is looking for how to fix that.  🙂

Thank you again for all of your help!  

[palacim]

I tried this flow and it is not working for me.

This is my flow:

When I run it this is the error I am getting.

[slarson77]

I have a large excel file- 175 rows.  Several columns, several include dates.  When I look at my outputs after testing my flow, it IS getting all my rows. 

I need Power Automate to look for date in the Follow Up column, and if it is today, combine each of these, and send an email to ONE person with some info for the follow up.

I've tried changing date/time format. I've tried re-formatting the date. I've tried switching it to the serial number and just asking power automate to match the serial number. 

No matter what I try, following all the different helps, I keep getting false.  Even though I know that I have 2 rows that are dated today.

I've also attempted to have a new column in excel.  If the column to the left = today, then populate the word followup.  Then I tried to have power automate - condition followup(column) is equal - "followup" But I get an error that I don't understand.

I don't get errors on the above flow, however, I get no TRUE, and get no email.