Downloading An Attachment (FileReference) From a Report

taylor

What's the best way to display a link to an attachment that has been uploaded with a submitted request on a report? I've got the attachment saved in my entity extension just fine, I can download it from other places like the approval/denial form, etc. so no issues there. But when I do put a file reference on the column to the file field, it gives me either an entity id or a System.Byte[] link that goes nowhere. I've built an inline field flow but it just doesn't seem to work. Help

Kathryn_Decisions

We will want to use a flow inline field for this. Be sure to include a column in the report for the item's id so that we can fetch the entity.

Pass in the ID as the Name in the Get Cell By Name step along with the Selected Row for the Row.

Then using a Fetch Entites step, we will pass in the ID we are looking for with the Fetch Criteria ID Equals. If there is only one result returned, we will pass in the FileURL from the entity to the End Form Session Step.

Documentation:

• Flow Inline Fields: https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/using-flow-inline-fields-to-extend-report-data
• Get Cell by Name: https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/get-cell-by-name
• Fetch Entities: https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/fetch-entities-step
• End Form Session: https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/end-form-session