Attachment from email and name of attachment

[vandam2]

Hello everyone, i have workflow where when email arrives to O365 group email it creates a file in sharepoint, i then want to create a new item in a different sharepoint list, for this i need to be able to get the attachment name.

I cant get the attachment name into a variable, was hoping to use the variable to then update the item in sharepoint. 

added a screenshot showing that i can get the Attachment name into the 'Compose' but not in a variable (using the 'List the attachements of a post' trigger)

perhaps there is a different way of getting the attachment name?

thanks in advance 

[SudeepGhatakNZ]

While it is recommended that you should avoid variable and use Compose instead, is there a technical error that stops you from using a variable? You won't be able to initialize a variable at that stage, but should definitely be able to set it. Are you able to share the error message?

[vandam2]

hello and thank you for your help,   i can get the name with compose, but when i try to use the compose in another action it doesnt show up in the dynamic content

i would love to be able to use the compose to update sharepoint item but it doenst show on the list to connect 

[SudeepGhatakNZ]

The choices presented within the dynamic selector are exclusively those that exist within the context of your flow.

As the compose action is situated within the "apply to each" loop, it won't be accessible if you attempt to retrieve the compose output from outside the loop. I think this makes a good case of using a variable.

[vandam2]

sounds good, but i cant figure out a way to get the attachment name initiated as a variable, when i try to initialize a variable, i dont see the Attachment name in the list of dynamic content either .

[SudeepGhatakNZ · Accepted solution]

Add Initialize Variable action on top of your flow

Use Set Variable inside your loop

[vandam2]

wow, that worked, i was working on that all afternoon, thank you so much for your help...