GitHub Issues - Do you turn emails into Issues before starting work?

Updated by Tanya Leahy [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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<introEmbed body={<> If a Product Owner sends an email to the development team with a request, that [email should be turned into a Github Issue](/turn-emails-into-pbis) before any work is started or the work is prioritized on the backlog. Power Automate has a connector to do this automatically when an email arrives in Outlook. It can create a new Github Issue by parsing the From, To, Subject and body of the email. However, at the moment there is a limitation that it doesn't read inline attachments in emails and therefore you have to create your issues manually in Github. </>} />
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Figure: Power Automate | Connectors | Github

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Figure: Configure Flow connectors to create a new Github Issue from Outlook

⚠️ Warning: This Flow connector does not support inline images.

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✅ Figure: Good Example - Github issue created from Outlook using Flow connectors

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❌ Figure: Bad Example - Github issue created using Flow - inline attachment shows up as junk characters

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Prem Radhakrishnan
Adam Cogan
Christian Morford-Waite
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