Cast your vote for the official 2025 Inspire Pin! Designs were submitted by fellow Community members and reflect the creativity and passion of Alteryx users across the globe. Vote now!
Free Trial

Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

Find answers, ask questions, and share expertise about Alteryx Designer Desktop and Intelligence Suite.

Sending letter with a PPT attachment BUT the letter is garbled

Zona
7 - Meteor

Hi community,

 

I sent a letter with a PPT attachment, but the letter I received was garbled.And it looks like below, anyone knows why?

 

BR,

Zona

6 REPLIES 6
Raj
16 - Nebula

@Zona 
please add a sample workflow which you have created
will be in better position to help

I think there is some issue with configuration of email tool.

apathetichell
19 - Altair

Your text is base 64 encoded. The usual reason this would happen is that you are sending a binary which is auto-converting to base64 when sending as a string. Is your message/email a binary or data? Is your PPT embedded or an attachment? I believe PPT have to be sent as attachments - not embedded.

Zona
7 - Meteor

@Raj Sorry for late response. Here's my workflow, I just randomly dragged a text input and email tool on my canvas.

 

 

Zona
7 - Meteor

@apathetichell I've attached the screenshot in the reply above. I think I've set PPT as an attachment. It's wierd that it returns error only when I attach this PPT doc, and it worked okay with other PPT docs.

apathetichell
19 - Altair

Can you confirm that Field A is not a blob field? Ie your PPT file isn't in Field A as welll - correct? I know it sounds crazy - but that would be an easy explanation.

Zona
7 - Meteor

@apathetichell I'm pretty sure it's not. Field A looks like this.

Labels
Top Solution Authors