Help to apply gmail label once per message, not once per attachment

Hi. I have several scenarios where attachments on Gmail messages are saved to a OneDrive folder AND then a label is attached to the email (so I know it has been processed).

The problem is: the label is applied to the message the same number of times as attachments are saved to the folder. In other words, if the email had 3 attachments, the label will be applied 3 times in Gmail. (Have a look at the image attached.)

That wastes “operations”. I’d really just like it applied once per email instead of once per attachment.

How do I do this? Thanks!!

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Every result (item/record) from iterator/list/search/match modules will output a bundle. This can result in multiple bundles, which then trigger multiple operations in future modules (one operation per bundle).

A.

You can move the labels module before the iterator module.

B.

Or you can move the iterator module to the other route.

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Thank you very much!

No problem, glad I could help!

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