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Attach files to a form for outside users
Star_D For our business, we have used the file request link and added that as a section to our forms. I haven't found a way to connect the document upload and form together yet but it is a way for external users to upload documents.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-file-request-f54aa7f8-2589-4421-b351-d415fc3b83af
Hope that helps
What I ended up doing was adding a link to request files to a onedive folder.
Then set up a flow that moves that file to a sharepoint folder and notify someone.
The sharepoint folder I've moved it to has a lookup field to a list from the form responses.
When someone fills in the document field for their name (lookup field), it adds it as an attachment to the item. This is the only workaround that I have found works.
This is exactly what I'm trying to achieve.
Do you perhaps have a video instruction for this workaround?
Hi,
I don't have a video but I followed this article for getting the file request.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-file-request-f54aa7f8-2589-4421-b351-d415fc3b83af#:~:text=1%20In%20OneDrive%2C%20select%20the%20file%20request%20folder.,next%20to%20the%20link.%206%20Select%20Delete%20link.
Then I added it to the form like this:
After that, you can set up your flow to start with the trigger of onedrive, when a file is added.
We experienced trouble with people completing the rest of the form when they had to follow the link and it opened up in a new tab. We found that people weren't going back to the form to complete it. Just something to be aware of.
Hope that helps you out.
jessb1445 , could you please explain it better....When you say I added a link...you mean that you have inserted in an ms form a question containing the link created? Then, you have set up a second flow by moving any uploaded file to an SP list (or library) and this list has a lookup field...then I didn't get what you did...could you please send some screenshot of your flows to let me understand how you join response id with the right uploaded file? Thanks in advance
