# How do I send an EXCEL file as an e-mail attachment?

**URL:** https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428
**Category:** Synatic Community
**Tags:** flows, excel
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428 "2024-06-21T10:41:55Z")
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### Author: ![jacobin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@jacobin](https://community.synatic.com/u/jacobin)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428/1 "2024-06-21T10:41:55Z")

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I’m working on a flow that has to make calculations, at the end of these calculations export the combined results in Excel and send them by email.

Except that when the email is sent, the content of the attachment is empty.

Please does anyone know how to correct this?

The Flow

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/4/481717956bdc52dd5a2f2032be280c017e26ef83.png)  
The Export Excel configuration  
 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/2/2cf82171dc3795d20d66a021ed5f89ec438da304.png)

Send Email configuration

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/0/053376d346f37095ff76c7055b0490ac9c44fba7.png)

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### Author: ![navessa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.synatic.com/navessa/32/58_2.png) [@navessa](https://community.synatic.com/u/navessa)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428/2 "2024-06-21T12:47:51Z")

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Hi there,

We’ll have a look and provide feedback 😊

Sincerely,  
The Support Team

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### Author: ![Faizel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/community.synatic.com/faizel/32/918_2.png) [@Faizel](https://community.synatic.com/u/Faizel)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428/3 "2024-06-24T13:18:29Z")

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Hello,

Thank you for reaching out. The Email V2 destination step requires the file to be a base64 string.

After the combine step and Excel Writer step, Add a Byte group step.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/2/2f0547814eac9be4c86d074b4e27459a9423ffb8.png)

The Byte Group step will take in Bytes and Output a Base64 string. Specify a field name to return output too.

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/c/cee92317bd51d9a4ae473511519c9b89943b4bef.png)

In the Email V2 destination step config, Specify the content as {@record.FieldName}

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/synatic/original/2X/5/5371d636f00a74faa69faa9a5d9e2477aea84bb2.png)

Refer to the article below for more information:  
[How to send multiple attachments in a single email using Email V2 - FAQs / Flows - Synatic Community](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-to-send-multiple-attachments-in-a-single-email-using-email-v2/431)

If you have any further questions, Please let us know.

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### Author: ![jacobin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@jacobin](https://community.synatic.com/u/jacobin)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://community.synatic.com/t/how-do-i-send-an-excel-file-as-an-e-mail-attachment/428/4 "2024-08-05T08:11:04Z")

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Thanks for the help @Faizel !

Below is my configuration. It works well.