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Send CSV file with power automate to SFTP, from Business Central

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Posted on by Wayne R 99
I have have a requirement to send an csv file generated from within Business Central to an SFTP site.
 
I want to send it to Power Automate, and have Power Automate send that csv onto the SFTP site in one go, without saving the csv file first in a storage blob or Sharepoint site.
 
can this be done?
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    Mahek Mehta Profile Picture
    Mahek Mehta 288 on at
    Yes, this can be achieved, but not exactly in the way described.
    Power Automate cannot send a file to SFTP without receiving file content first. However, you do not need to store the file in SharePoint.
    The recommended approach would be:
    1. Generate the CSV file in Business Central using AL.
    2. Convert the file stream to Base64.
    3. Send the Base64 content to Power Automate via an HTTP-triggered flow.
    4. In Power Automate, convert the Base64 string back to binary using base64ToBinary().
    5. Use the SFTP “Create File” action to upload it directly.
    This way, the file is handled entirely in memory within the flow and is not stored in any intermediate location.
    Standard Business Central Power Automate triggers do not support directly passing file streams.
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    Wayne R 99 on at
    Would this be a similar approach if i was to send the data in Json to Power Automate and convert it in Power Automate to a csv file before sending it on?
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi, hope the following helps.
    How to export data from Business Central to a csv file with Power Automate (No customization) – JSON to csv
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
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    Dhiren Nagar Profile Picture
    Dhiren Nagar 2,898 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    If you want to use JSON and convert it to CSV, the approach will change a bit.
     
    1 - Create JSON in Business Central.
    2 - Convert it to Base64 and Sent it to Power Automate.
    3 - In Power Automate convert it back from Base64 to JSON (Binary data).
    4 - Convert JSON to CSV.
    5 - Save the CSV in SFTP.
     
    My suggestion is to Convert JSON into CSV inside business central and then send the CSV to Power Automate to make it less complex flow.
     

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    Regards,
    Dhiren.
     

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