Upload or download prototype and file content

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Yous can employ flows to upload or download images and files in Microsoft Dataverse. At that place are two column information types for handling images and file content in Dataverse.

  • File: You tin take a column that stores arbitrary file data for your table.

  • Image: In addition to a cavalcade that stores the total size of an epitome as a file, the Epitome datatype tin can as well include thumbnail information.

You can use the Microsoft Dataverse connector to piece of work with these data types in Power Automate.

Download file or image content

Follow these steps to add together the Download a file or an image activeness to your catamenia. You can use the downloaded file contents in suitable actions later in the flow.

  1. Select New step to add an action to your menses.

  2. Enter download a file into the Search connectors and actions search box on the Choose an operation card.

  3. Select Microsoft Dataverse.

  4. Select the Download a file or an image action.

    Filter to actions for file downloading.

  5. Select the table from which y'all want to download the file or image content or enter your ain custom value for the table proper noun.

  6. In Row ID, enter the row ID of the row in the table that you just selected.

    Tip

    You lot can normally copy the row identifier from a previous request past using dynamic content.

    The list of supported file and epitome columns for the tabular array y'all selected before will exist populated in the Column proper name list.

  7. From Column proper name, select the cavalcade that holds the file or image content that you desire to download.

    Select a column name.

    You lot now tin access the file or paradigm content by using the File or prototype content variable in the Dynamic content list.

    Use dynamic content in Create file action.

    With the content output of the activeness, you can pass information technology to any activeness later in the period. In the following example, the file contents are existence passed to the Create file activeness.

    Create file action.

Upload file or image content

Follow these steps to add together the Upload a file or an epitome action to your flow. This style, you tin can upload content to a respective file or image cavalcade in Microsoft Dataverse.

Filter to actions for uploading file content.

  1. In Table proper noun, select the table to which you want to upload the file or image content or enter a custom value.

  2. Enter the identifier in Row ID for the row to which y'all want to upload the file or epitome content.

    Tip

    You tin normally re-create the row identifier from a previous request by using dynamic content.

    The list of available file and epitome columns in the table that you selected is populated.

  3. From Column name, select the column to which you lot want to upload the prototype or enter a custom value.

    Your Upload a file or an prototype action menu might look like this now.

    Column to upload to.

  4. Enter the content you lot desire to upload.

    In this example, the files to upload are the attachments content from an email captured earlier in the flow. You lot can select Attachments Content in the list of dynamic content that's displayed when you select Add together dynamic content on the Upload a file or an prototype card.

    Content to upload.