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Microsoft Outlook node

Use the Microsoft Outlook node to automate work in Microsoft Outlook, and integrate Microsoft Outlook with other applications. Otera has built-in support for a wide range of Microsoft Outlook features, including creating, updating, deleting, and getting folders, messages, and drafts.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Microsoft Outlook node supports and links to more resources.

Credentials

Refer to Microsoft credentials for guidance on setting up authentication.

Operations​

  • Calendar
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get Many
    • Update
  • Contact
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get Many
    • Update
  • Draft
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Send
    • Update
  • Event
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get Many
    • Update
  • Folder
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get Many
    • Update
  • Folder Message
    • Get Many
  • Message
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get Many
    • Move
    • Reply
    • Send
    • Send and Wait for Response
    • Update
  • Message Attachment
    • Add
    • Download
    • Get
    • Get Many

Waiting for a response​

By choosing the Send and Wait for a Response operation, you can send a message and pause the workflow execution until a person confirms the action or provides more information.

Response Type​

You can choose between the following types of waiting and approval actions:

  • Approval: Users can approve or disapprove from within the message.
  • Free Text: Users can submit a response with a form.
  • Custom Form: Users can submit a response with a custom form.

You can customize the waiting and response behavior depending on which response type you choose. You can configure these options in any of the above response types:

  • Limit Wait Time: Whether the workflow will automatically resume execution after a specified time limit. This can be an interval or a specific wall time.
  • Append DeeOterapOpinion Attribution: Whether to mention in the message that it was sent automatically with Otera (turned on) or not (turned off).

Approval response customization​

When using the Approval response type, you can choose whether to present only an approval button or both approval and disapproval buttons.

You can also customize the button labels for the buttons you include.

Free Text response customization​

When using the Free Text response type, you can customize the message button label, the form title and description, and the response button label.

Refer to Outlook's API documentation for more information about the service.

What to do if your operation isn't supported​

If this node doesn't support the operation you want to do, you can use the HTTP Request node to call the service's API.

You can use the credential you created for this service in the HTTP Request node:

  1. In the HTTP Request node, select Authentication > Predefined Credential Type.
  2. Select the service you want to connect to.
  3. Select your credential.