Posted at: 18:03 on 28 March 2017 by Muhimbi
Although all templates are also available from Microsoft’s own Service page, it is not possible to include detailed guidance in those templates, which is why we are publishing more details on our Blog… here.
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In this example we’ll show how to create a simple Flow that is triggered whenever a file is added to a folder in a SharePoint Online Document Library. Once added, the file is automatically converted to PDF and sent as an email attachment to the author of the Flow.
Remember that this is just an example, it can easily be adjusted to use different file services (e.g the trigger can be for files uploaded to OneDrive, Box.com, DropBox, Google Drive etc) and the email can be sent via different email providers (Outlook.com, generic email, Gmail, etc) to a distribution list of your choice.
There are many reasons for building a workflow like this one. A popular use amongst our customers is to allow users on non-Windows devices (mobile phones, tablets) – who are not always getting a good experience when they try to open native Office, AutoCAD or other file formats – to see the files in their original layout and formatting. Regardless of platform, PDFs always display perfectly.
From a high level, the Flow works as follows:
The full Flow can be found below. It is automatically created by the Flow Template named Send a PDF rendition by email when a SharePoint document is added, it is just a matter of filling out the blanks, specifically:
- Site Address: The URL of the SharePoint Site containing the Document Library to monitor.
- Folder ID: The path to the folder in the Document Library to monitor.
That is all there is to it, nice and easy.
For more details about using Muhimbi’s Flow actions, see the Core Concepts knowledge base article as well as all other Flow related posts.
If you have any questions about extending this template, or implementing it in your environment, then please leave a message below or contact our friendly support desk. We are here to help.
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Labels: Articles, Flow, Office 365, pdf, PowerApps, SharePoint Online, Workflow
4 Comments:
I have a use case where I want to take a SharePoint document library with content that exists and convert it to a PDF with a watermark. I would like to save the PDF to another SharePoint document library. How is that accomplished? Going forward, I would then like to do this as each new form is added once I have the history taken care of.
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Madge, At
01 May, 2020 16:03
That is totally possible, but it requires some knowledge of Power Automate (Flow).
Have a look at this post, which is quite similar but iterates over multiple files to merge rather than convert. The concept is the same though: https://clavinfernandes.wordpress.com/2019/06/18/merging-documents-to-pdf-using-micsrosoft-flow/
So basically it is
* Some Flow Trigger (e.g. timer)
* List files in Folder action
* 'Apply to each' block to iterate over all files
* Get file content action
* Send file to Muhimbi 'Convert Document' action
* Write generated PDF file back to SharePoint using 'Create file'
* Copy metadata using Muhimbi 'Copy metadata' action
Details about copying metadata can be found here: https://blog.muhimbi.com/2018/02/use-microsoft-flow-to-copy-sharepoint.html
If you have questions, or would like to book a no-obligations screen share, then please contact support@muhimbi.com
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Muhimbi, At
01 May, 2020 16:41
Hi.... Will this product convert an InfoPath form to a PDF after the form has been submitted to a Form Library
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Unknown, At
03 September, 2020 16:39
Indeed it will, see https://blog.muhimbi.com/2019/03/converting-and-archiving-infopath-forms.html
InfoPath can be temperamental. If you run into any issues, or have any questions, then drop support@muhimbi.com a line.
More tutorials on https://support.muhimbi.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005900168-Microsoft-Flow-Logic-Apps-PowerApps-Tutorials-and-Blog-posts
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Muhimbi, At
03 September, 2020 16:56
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