BC Attachments

Manages file attachments on Business Central records — retrieving, adding, or deleting attachments for items, customers, vendors, orders, and invoices.

Purpose

Use this task when a workflow needs to interact with files attached to a Business Central record. It can list all attachments on a record, upload a new file as an attachment, or remove existing attachments by name. This is useful for keeping supporting documents such as drawings, certificates, or invoices in sync between your workflow and Business Central.

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	Description
Company	Text	Yes	The name or ID of the Business Central company to operate against.
Operation	Dropdown	Yes	The attachment operation to perform: Get Attachments, Add Attachment, or Delete Attachment.
Record Type	Dropdown	Yes	The type of Business Central record to operate on (e.g. Item, Customer, Sales Order).
Record Identifier	Text	Yes	The system ID (GUID) or No. of the record, such as an item number or customer number.
File Path	Text	No	The full local path to the file to attach. Only used when Operation is Add Attachment.
Attachment Name	Text	No	The filename of the attachment(s) to delete. All attachments on the record with this name will be removed. Only used when Operation is Delete Attachment.

Visibility Rules

File Path is only shown when Operation is set to Add Attachment.

Attachment Name is only shown when Operation is set to Delete Attachment.

Operations

Operation	Description
Get Attachments	Retrieves all attachments associated with the specified record.
Add Attachment	Uploads a local file and attaches it to the specified record.
Delete Attachment	Removes all attachments on the record that match the given filename.

Outputs

Name	Description
Attachments	A list of attachment objects retrieved from the record. Available when Operation is Get Attachments.
AttachmentCount	The number of attachments retrieved. Available when Operation is Get Attachments.
AttachmentId	The system ID of the newly created attachment. Available when Operation is Add Attachment.
AttachmentFileName	The filename of the newly created attachment. Available when Operation is Add Attachment.
DeletedCount	The number of attachments that were deleted. Available when Operation is Delete Attachment.