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  1. Saves the attachment of an incoming email from your department printer/scanner unit into a SharePoint site.

  2. Deletes the email (this step is not required and can be removed).

Creating the automation

  1. Conduct a scan from your networked scanner and send it to your UConn email address. This will give you information you will use in a later step.

  2. Navigate to s.uconn.edu/powerautomate

  3. Sign in with your Email address and NetID password if asked.

  4. Click on Templates in the left-hand menu.

  5. Search for “save email to sharepoint”

  6. You will see some completed automations created by community members. Choose one that sounds good to you. For this guide, choose Save email attachments to SharePoint and delete the email.

  7. Be sure that Power Automate recognizes your accounts by displaying your email address for the two flow connectors.

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  1. Open File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (macOS).

  2. Click on [Your Name] - University of Connecticut in the lefthand menu to open your OneDrive.

  3. Open your SharePoint files and navigate to the folder that is receiving the scans but do not open the folder.

  4. Right-click on the folder and choose Always keep on this device.

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These steps are assuming that this folder is simply the repository of the scans, and the scans will be moved from this folder and distributed to other folders.

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