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# Look up email attachments action

# Look up email attachments action {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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Look up files that are attached to an email so that you can perform an action on the files.

## Roles and availability {#lookup-email-attachment__section_tfc_432_mhb}

Available as a Workflow Studio ServiceNow core action. Users with the flow_designer or admin role can add an action to a flow and define configuration details.

## Fields {#lookup-email-attachment__section_vcp_v32_mhb}

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| Field | Description |
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| Email record \[Email\] | Record from the Email \[sys_email\] table. For example, select the email record from the flow trigger. After you select an email record, the related Email Attachment \[sys_email_attachment\] record and its fields become available as data pills. |
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## Output {#lookup-email-attachment__section_bs4_vff_mhb}

This action generates a list of Email Attachment \[sys_email_attachment\] records, which list
the attachments that are associated with a given email record. To perform an action on an
attachment, add flow logic that runs for each Attachment pill under the Email Attachment
Record pill. For more information, see [For
each flow logic](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/sXDICSCto7~hbNZyHxR6lQ "Apply one or more actions to each record in a list of records.").

## Example {#lookup-email-attachment__section_ltw_v32_mhb}

In the following example, a process owner adds the Look up email attachments action under an inbound email trigger. In the Email record \[Email\] field, the user selects to look up files that are attached to the email that triggered the flow.Figure 1. Email attachments action in a flow