The email contents come as a record in base64 format. A flow will be executed whenever an email is sent to the email address created by the Email Trigger step.
Adding an Email Trigger Step
To add an Email Trigger step in a flow, follow the below instructions:
1. Click on the plus button in the Trigger step as shown in the below image.
2. The below page will appear. Select Email as illustrated in the image below.
3. After saving, click the Email Trigger step edit icon again to view the Email address that has been created.
Configuring an Email Trigger Step
Illustrated in the below image is the configuration that is available in the Email Trigger step.
Email address – The email address to be used to trigger the flow. The email address can be copied by clicking on the copy icon on the left.
Domain Filter section – The domain to filter on. In the image above, synatic.com has been used. The trigger will only respond to emails received from the configured domain filter.
Process Attachments checkbox – Process attachments that are included in the email. A separate run will be executed independently for each attachment to the email that matches the file filter.
File Filter section – Enter the filter values of files that are attached to the email required to execute the flow. Examples are files with extensions, such as .csv, .docx, .xlsx, etc.
After saving, click the Email Trigger step again to view the email address.
Using an Email Trigger
Save button – Save the trigger step configuration.
Disable button – Disable the trigger. This will keep the trigger but make it inactive in the flow.
Detach button – Detach the trigger. This will keep the trigger but make it inactive in the flow. You can only make it active again through the ReAttach button.
ReAttach button – Reattach the trigger. This will make the trigger active again with a different email address to use.
Delete button – Removes the trigger completely.
Trigger Status
