Anyone distributing a PDF of a report using Power Automate?

[ERing]

I was recently asked to create an automated daily distribution of a report using Power Automate. I've followed instructions I've found online to create this flow in Power Automate, however the PDF attached in the email in blank.

I've asked for help on the Power Automate forums, but very little response there. Figured someone here may have had a similar issue at some point.

Any thoughts on why the PDF is blank?

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi, @ERing 

Thanks @amitchandak . Based on your description, I created a Power Automate flow that, in the case of the new version, does send a blank PDF. I got the normal PDF by turning off the new design mode:

New designer:

Here's the result, a blank PDF is returned:

In the old design pattern, this was shown in the following image:

The result is as follows, and the correct PDF is returned:

You can turn off the New designer feature in the red box in the image. After that, you can get a non-blank PDF.

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[amitchandak]

@ERing , refer if these two can help

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/power-apps-and-power-automate-in/sending-a-pdf-file-as-an-ema...

https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftFlow/comments/wg5byx/why_is_attaching_a_static_pdf_to_an_email_so/