How to send email from excel using Power automate?

This Power Automate tutorial will show how to send email from Excel using Power Automate. Also, we will cover how we can send emails to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate.

We will cover the below topics.

  • Send an email from Excel using Power Automate [Single user].
  • Send an email to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate.

Send an email from Excel using Power Automate [Single user]

Here we will see how to email the user from Excel using Power Automate.

For example, we have a below Excel containing employees’ birthdays, which contains the below columns and is formatted as a table.

power automate send email from excel

For this, we will create an Instant cloud flow that will trigger manually and get all the rows from Excel. Then we will check the Birthday date of an employee is today or not. Based on that, we will send a greetings email.

Now, let’s create the flow in Power Automate that will send a greetings email to the user. Before that, set up the Excel sheet.

Step 1: Log in to Power Automate -> click on the +Create icon -> select Instant Cloud Flow.

send email from excel file Power Automate

Then provide the flow name and select the Manually trigger a flow. Click on Create.

send email from excel file using Power Automate

Now, you can see Manually trigger a flow action is added to the flow page.

power automate send email to outlook from excel

Step 2: Now, we will get all the rows from the Excel table. So, click the +New step -> select List rows present in a table action. Then provide the below information:

  • Location: Select or provide the Location of the Excel file.
  • Document Library: Select or provide the document library.
  • File: Select the Excel file.
  • Table: Select the table of the Excel file.
  • DateTime Format: Select ISO 8601
Microsoft power automate send email to outlook from excel

Step 3: To iterate through the rows of an Excel and check the date of birth, click on the +New step -> select Apply to each action. Then provide the below information:

  • Select an output from previous steps: select the value from dynamic content.

Next, click on Add an action -> select Condition action. Then provide the below information.

  • Choose a value: provide the below expression:
formatDateTime(items('Apply_to_each')?['Date Of Birth'], 'yyyy-MM-dd')
  • Operator: Select the operator as is equal to.
  • Choose a value: Provide the below expression:
formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-dd')
Microsoft power automate send email from excel

After that, if the condition is true, then in the If yes part. Click on Add an action -> select Send an email (V2) action. Then provide the below information:

  • To: Select the Employee email from dynamic content.
  • Subject: Provide the subject of an email
  • Body: Provide the body of an email.
Microsoft flow send email from excel
Microsoft flow send email from excel

Step 4: Now, run the flow manually; you can see the flow run successfully. Also, the employee will get an email like the one below.

Microsoft flow send email from excel file

This is how to send an email from Excel using Power Automate.

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Send an email to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate

Here we will see how to send an email to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate.

For example, we have below Excel containing details related to Meetings. Which contains the below columns and is formatted as a table:

  • Meeting Topic
  • Meeting Date
  • meeting Time
  • Attendees email
  • Attendees name
Power Automate send email from excel file

We create an instant cloud flow that will iterate through Excel and check the meeting date is today, then it will send an email to Attendees.

Now we will see how we can create the flow in Power Automate. Before that, just set up the Excel table.

Step 1: Log in to Power Automate and click +Create -> select Instant Cloud flow.

send email from excel file Power Automate

Then provide the flow name -> select Manually trigger a flow -> click on +Create.

send email from excel file using Power Automate

Now you can see Manually trigger flow is added to the flow page.

power automate send email to outlook from excel

Step 2: Get all the rows from the Excel table, so click on the +New step -> select the ‘List rows present in a table action. Then provide the below information:

  • Location: Select or provide the Location of the Excel file.
  • Document Library: Select or provide the document library.
  • File: Select the Excel file.
  • Table: Select the table of Excel file.
  • DateTime Format: Select ISO 8601
Microsoft power automate send email to outlook from excel

Step 3: Next, we will check meeting date is equal to today or not. So, click on the +New step -> select Condition control action. Then provide the below information:

  • Choose a value: Provide the below expression. It will add Apply to each action.
formatDateTime(items('Apply_to_each')?['Meeting Date'], 'yyyy-MM-dd')
  • Operator: Select the Operator as is equal to.
  • Choose a value: Provide the below expression:
formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-dd')
Microsoft power automate send email from excel

If the condition is true we will send an email to Outlook, then in the If yes part, click on Add an action -> select Compose action. Then provide the below information:

  • Inputs: Provide the below expression:
replace(items('Apply_to_each')?['Attendees Email'], ',',';')

After that, click on Add an action -> select Send an email(V2) action. Then provide the below information:

  • To: Select the Output from dynamic content.
  • Subject: Provide the subject of an email like the one below.
  • Body: Provide the body like below. And if you want to share the Meeting date and time, you can use the expression below.
Meeting Date: @{formatDateTime(items('Apply_to_each')?['Meeting Date'], 'yyyy-MM-dd')}
Meeting Time: @{
formatDateTime(items('Apply_to_each')?['Meeting Time'],'HH:mm tt')}
Microsoft Power Automate send email from excel file

Step 7: Now run the flow manually; you can see the flow run successfully, as 1st and 3rd meeting contains today’s date. So, we get an email like the one below.

send email from excel file Microsoft Power Automate

This is how to send an email to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate.

Conclusion

In this Power Automate tutorial, we saw two examples of how to send an email from Excel using Power Automate.

Here are the two examples we covered:

  • Send an email from Excel using Power Automate [Single user].
  • Send an email to multiple users from Excel using Power Automate.

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