Saving multiple but not all email attachment types using StudioX

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Working on a process that goes through each email and if that email matches certain criteria it will save all .xls and *.pdf files only leaving behind word and image files. I have tried a variety of ways to combine both file types in the same activity to no avail. I also have tried using two back to back “save email attachments” activities with the “filter by file name” set to each file type and that failed. Is this possible? If so, any suggestions on how to solve this?

I’d rather not pull all file types and then delete any files in the designated folder that are not .xls or *.pdf.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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#4

Thank you for your response! I tried this method and unfortunately the bot just saves all email attachments that are .xls twice, calling the duplicate *_1. I then receive an error message and no *.pdf files are saved. The only way I seem to be able to get .xlsx and *.pdf files to save is by removing any extension in the “filter by file name” option. Unfortunately, there are other file types that we do not want pulled over by the bot. Any other suggestions? Is there anyway to have multiple file types in the “filter by file name” option? The bot does not seem to be okay with back to back “save email attachments” or at least I can’t seem to get it to work…

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#5

can you post your wf, the one you say it save twice all the attachments?