Lesson 3

Conditions: only do what fits

Right now your flow saves every attachment, including signatures and logos from emails. With a condition, you make the flow keep only PDF files. You continue with the flow from lesson 2.

Basic10 minutes

What do you need? The flow Save attachments from lesson 2.

What the flow looks like

When a new email arrives (V3)

Trigger · OutlookFolder: Inbox

Apply to each

Loop · ControlOutput: attachments

Condition

ControlAttachments Name ends with .pdf

Create file

Action · OneDrive for BusinessFile Name: Attachments Name

The flow after this lesson. Nothing happens in False.

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Open Save attachments via My flows and click Edit.
Inside the loop, click the plus above the action Create file and choose Add an action.
Search for Condition and choose it. You now see two boxes: True and False.
Click in the first box of the condition and choose Attachments Name from Dynamic content.
In the middle box, choose ends with and type .pdf in the third box.
The condition is filled in. Tap the image to enlarge. It shows the Dutch interface.
Drag the action Create file into the True box. Leave the False box empty.
Create file is now in the True box. The False box stays empty. Tap the image to enlarge. It shows the Dutch interface.
Save and test twice: with an email that has a PDF and with an email that has an image. Only the PDF should end up in OneDrive.

Last updated: 10 October 2026

Conditions: only do what fits

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