How can I save attachment directly out of email with a new name (e.g. date of email)?

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Hello,

I want to save the attachment of emails in my computer folder with a new name (e.g. date of email).

I have already tried out the rename activity, but it did not work (for me).

How is the best way to do it?

Thanks!

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Hi @aaydin ,

Rename file might work if you provide input as attachments(0).

Where attachments is the output of save attachment activity.

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You can get mail received date using mailVariable.Date

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Hi @aaydin

Give a try to this

mails(0).Attachments(0).Name=Datetime.Parse(mails(0).Headers("Date")).ToString("dd_MM_yyyy")+".xlsx"

Or

mails(0).Attachments(0).Name=mails(0).DateAsDateTime.ToString("dd_MM_yyyy")+".xlsx"

Hope this helps.

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Where do I put this information?

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@aaydin

Check this

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Is “attachments(0)” a new variable?

Sorry I did not get your point :frowning:

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Hi @aaydin ,

attachment is output of Save attachment activity.

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Hi @aaydin ,

Method suggested by @Suraj_B_Shetty is more efficient than mine as you can change the name before saving the attachment. You can try that method.

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@Harshith_Adyanthaya @Suraj_B_Shetty
My idea is to save the attachment of email in that format:

e.g. “134705_John Mayer”
“hhmmss_sendername”

I saved datetime and sendername in variables

DateTime.ParseExact(str_dateOfMail_2,“HH:mm:ss”,Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString(“HHmmss”)

str_SenderName = mail.From.DisplayName.ToString

When I try to put bot variables as new name in Rename activity it does not work.

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What was the input you provided for rename activity?
It should be output of save attachment activity (0).

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File:
attachments(0)

New Name:
str_dateOfMail_2+“_”+str_Name

Thank you!

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Does it throw error?

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Now it worked. thank you

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