What is your goal?I would like that when I receive an email with an invoice in my Outlook mailbox, the attachment is automatically transferred to a specific folder in Dropbox.
What is the problem?The problem is that the programme sends a txt file to Dropbox and not the attachment (invoice).
What have you tried so far?I tried to use the AI.
Screenshots: scenario setup, module configuration, errorsYou do not need AI in this flow at all if your only goal is “email invoice attachment > Dropbox folder as original file.”
Watch Emails > Iterator > Upload a file
If you’ve already had an OpenAI/AI step in the middle, it must never sit between the attachment and Dropbox in the same “upload” path. AI is for reading the invoice and producing text; Dropbox needs the raw binary from Outlook.
Note: You should keep them on 2 separate branches if you need both: one branch saves the original file to Dropbox, the other sends the attachment or its text to AI for extraction.
Let me know how it goes!
Thank you for your reply. The file arrived in my Dropbox in the right place, but when I try to open the file (the invoice that is supposed to be sent), Dropbox displays the following message: “Unable to load without file extension.
You can add the file extension and try again.”
I think I may have configured the latest Dropbox module incorrectly.
Hello @Samuel8, please try setting up your scenario like this
I believe Attachments aren’t included in the Watch Emails module, only the “Has Attachments” boolean which tells you if the email had attachments or not.
Use a filter to proceed to the next step, which is “List Attachments”
After List Attachments, in Dropbox Upload a File, you should be able to map directly to the output from List Attachments.
Give this a try and let us know how it goes!
Hello, thank you for your reply.
The scenario works well,
however, I am unable to use the filters to only allow invoices to pass through.
Between List Attachments and Dropbox, you can use Text filters on the file name.
Oh, thank you, I finally understand. Thank you, now it works perfectly.
