16 posts tagged with "Dropbox"

PDFs landing in your folder as document.pdf or invoice (1).pdf are hard to find and match to the right record. You need the invoice number, PO, contract ID, or customer name right in the filename—without opening every file.

Power Automate can do that. This guide shows you a flow that gets the file from Dropbox, uses PDF4me Parse Document to pull the value from inside the PDF, and saves a new file with that value as the name. No code; same content, findable filename.

This guide walks you through the same three parts as the n8n Parse Document rename guide: create a parse template in the PDF4me dashboard, wire up Get file content using path and Parse Document in Power Automate, then Create file so the file is saved with the extracted value as its name. All steps and parameters below are fact-checked from the Power Automate UI in the screenshots.

You get PDFs—invoices, payment slips—each with a Swiss QR code that holds who’s paying, how much, and which reference. You want those files renamed by that data so you can find and sort them in a snap. Doing it by hand doesn’t scale.

The fix: A Make scenario with five modules: Watch Files (Dropbox) → Download a File (Dropbox) → Read SwissQR Code (PDF4me) to extract the Swiss QR-bill data → Parse JSON so fields like creditor name and IBAN are easy to use → Upload a File (Dropbox) with the same PDF and a new filename built from those fields. Same file, better filename, zero manual renaming.

This guide walks you through each step. All parameters below are fact-checked from the Make UI in the screenshots so you can follow along with confidence.

Add a company logo, document metadata (author, date, revision), or customer-specific footers to your PDFs using Power Automate—no code required. This guide walks you through the full 5-step flow (trigger → get PDF → get header file → Add HTML Header Footer to PDF → create file) with screenshots for every step, then sample HTML snippets you can copy and use for branding, page numbers, and per-customer footers, plus use cases like report headers and reusable templates.

PDFs with barcodes or QR codes—shipping labels, invoices, inventory sheets—often need to be renamed by the value inside the barcode so you can find them later. Doing that by hand doesn’t scale.

Here’s the approach: A Zapier Zap in four steps: New File in Folder (trigger) → Find File → Read Barcodes (PDF4me) → Upload File. You map data from step to step: the file from step 2 goes to Read Barcodes and to Upload; the barcode text from step 3 becomes the new filename. No code—just point, configure, and click Continue.

Result: A file like barcode.pdf in a watched folder becomes e.g. PDF4me Barcode Sample.pdf in your output folder—named by whatever the barcode says.

Every step name, field, folder path, and mapping below is taken from the Zapier UI in the screenshots. Use this as your setup guide from scratch.

PDFs with barcodes or QR codes—shipping labels, invoices, inventory sheets—often need to be renamed by the value inside the barcode so you can find them later. Doing that manually doesn’t scale.

Here’s the approach: A Power Automate cloud flow in four actions: trigger → get file content (Dropbox) → Barcode – Read Barcode from PDF (PDF4me) → create file (Dropbox) with the barcode text as the filename. One expression for the file name; no code. Same PDF, new name.

Result: barcode.pdf in a folder becomes e.g. PDF4me Barcode Sample.pdf in your output folder—named by whatever the barcode says.

Every action name, parameter, path, and the File Name expression below are taken from a real run—use this as a setup guide from scratch.

You receive PDFs—shipping labels, inventory sheets, invoices—each with a barcode or QR code holding the tracking number, serial ID, or product code you need. You want them renamed by that value so you can find them later. Doing that by hand doesn't scale.

The fix: A Make scenario with three modules: download the PDF from Dropbox → read the barcode with PDF4me Read Barcodes from PDF → upload the same file with the barcode text as the new name. No code. Same content, new filename.

Before: barcode.pdf in a folder → After: PDF4me Barcode Sample.pdf (or whatever your barcode says) in your output folder—easy to search and organize.

This guide walks you through each step. All paths, file names, and outputs below match a real Make run so you can follow along with confidence.