topic RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO in Product Forum

Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

AnuraagPandey — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:31:00 GMT

Hi everyone,

I am trying to use MS Outlook VBO, but I am not clear on what "entry ID" is in outlook.
I have referred to the documentation but it is very superficial and doesnt really explain this. It is one of the input parameters.
* what is entry ID?
* where can I find this field/value?
* is there any other VBO available for automating Outlook

Please share information on this or any documentation, if available.
Thanks in advance

Regards

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Anuraag Pandey
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

ewilson — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:31:00 GMT

Hi @AnuraagPandey,

The Entry ID is a unique identifier associated with each email. If you're trying to perform an action on a specific email (ex. Moving it to a sub folder) you will need to provide the entry ID of the specific email.

You can get the entry ID by calling one of the actions for retrieving email. The entry ID will be included in the return data collection.

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

AnuraagPandey — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:22:00 GMT

Hi @ewilson,
Thank you so much. It was right under my nose.

PS - Is there a detailed documentation related to Outlook automation?
It would be great if something like that exists.

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Anuraag Pandey
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

Tejaskumar_Darji — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:06:00 GMT

Just a tip to add here.

There was a scenario I encountered where I was saving the new entry ID after moving the email to a subfolder. In case you want to again move that email to some other folder then you need that new entry ID. So better to save it for future reference.

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Thanks & Regards,
Tejaskumar Darji
Sr. RPA Consultant-Automation Developer
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

ewilson — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:33:00 GMT

@AnuraagPandey,

I'm not sure what you mean by "detailed documentation". Are you saying the User Guide, which includes information about every action on the VBO and the input/output data items of those actions is insufficient? What else would you like to see?

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

bruce.liu — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:45:00 GMT

Hi Anuraag,

Please refer to the Microsoft Outlook VBA documentation site for details behind the code we use for our Outlook VBO.

You may be interested in the MailItem object that can be found here. Information related to EntryID can be found here.

Hope this helps.

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Bruce Liu
Senior Product Consultant, Professional Services
Blue Prism
Australia/Sydney
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RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

AnuraagPandey — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:32:00 GMT

HI @Bruce Liu,
Thanks for sharing this. Really appreciate it.

@Tejaskumar_Darji, Thanks for the advice bud, will probable need this in near future 😄

@ewilson, Thanks for all your help.

Regards 🙂

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Anuraag Pandey
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Re: RE: Entry ID in MS Outlook VBO

rhester — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:03:14 GMT

Can you use the EntryID from the collection in the search box of the outlook object itself? I've tried "entryid:00000000374F87C4BF127842A59DFFC41F3B02BE0700D69F92F1CA71EB46BD307E03DCD9D8C400000000010C0000D69F92F1CA71EB46BD307E03DCD9D8C4000433C256030000" it is doesn't return anything in outlook even though that is the entryID specified in the collection