Send Emails of groups of files based on matching columns

[nmoffatt]

Hi,

I have a file system setup that I need notification periodically sent when certain files haven't been responded to after a certain amount of time. I'm hung up on one detail:

How do I "Get Files" but have these files individually matched with different rows of a SharePoint by a Unique ID Column? This is in order to send emails to specific groups of people that are listed in each row

File System:

 I'll be "Get Files" from anything dropped in the files above

File:

 Files will look like this, the highlighted column will be the unique ID

SharePoint List for Email List:

 Above is excerpt from a sharepoint list with the Emails. The highlighted column is the corresponding Unique ID. These is 1 example, there will be many different Project#s over time.

Thanks,

[tom_riha · Accepted solution]

Hello @nmoffatt ,

you need to 'Get files' first to get only the files you want to process. Then you'll use 'Get items' on the list for Emails with 'Filter Query' below. That will give you the items from the Emails list with the same project number as the file has.

[ProjectNumber] eq '[Project #]'

Note:
[ProjectNumber] is the internal name of the column on the Emails list
[Project #] is the output from the 'Get files' action
both are placeholders that you must replace with your values

[nmoffatt]

Hi @tom_riha ,

We're on the same page. I'd gotten that far. I need the next step, which is sending a template email (I've already made that). The email needs to have the files info attached (link, name, etc.) and be sent to the correct people on its corresponding list. For all files.

[tom_riha]

Hello @nmoffatt ,

if you've got 'Get files' (on the library) and 'Get items' (for each of the files; on the list with emails) then you should have available all the information you need to send the notification. 

[nmoffatt]

@tom_riha 

Got it, I think I was overthinking it. I'm hitting one last issue. All the information is correct except my variables for the emails are adding on top of each other. Ex below

First Email

Second Email

Third Email

For every file, it adds to the variable. is there a way to clear the variable or overwrite it everytime?

[nmoffatt]

@tom_riha 
Nvm, I found that on the internet. 

Awesome! Thanks so much for the help