AutomationCompare two files

Comparing two files with AI

Mail two files (old and new) and get the differences back: new, gone, changed.

Compare two files is ready-made automation in Altramano for reporting and analysis: mail two files (old and new) and get the differences back: new, gone, changed.

It works with Microsoft Outlook.

Ready-made automation · department Reporting and analysis

What it does

Send two attachments in one mail to the folder you choose (last month's price list and this month's, for instance). This automation compares them and mails you the differences.

What you need

Microsoft Outlook — find, send, answer and draft mail in Outlook and pull attachments, with a trigger on new mail, connected through logging in to the service.

How does comparing two files work with AI?

An automation runs in your own environment with fixed steps, the same every time.

Send two attachments in one mail to the folder you choose (last month's price list and this month's, for instance). This automation compares them and mails you the differences.

Microsoft Outlook: find, send, answer and draft mail in Outlook and pull attachments, with a trigger on new mail.

Everything runs in your own environment in Amsterdam. You set the limit: what falls within it runs by itself; what falls outside it comes to you first. Every run is there to read back step by step in Runs.

Read what an AI agent does for your team

Who it's for

For reporting and analysis: from any export a dashboard or a report in house style, refreshed every week. Those hours go into explaining what the figures mean, instead of into collecting and laying them out.

This department comes into play in accountancy and bookkeeping firms, manufacturing, retail and webshops and marketing and communications agencies.

How to install it

Choose the template in your environment under Templates.
Point at the integrations it needs and fill in at most three settings.
Test with an example, read the run back and say yes before it goes live.

The full manual (what it is for, what you get, what you need, step by step, testing, errors with cause and remedy) sits with the template in your own environment.

Use this template Book a demo

Frequently asked questions

What do I need for Compare two files?

Microsoft Outlook and a Altramano environment.

Which department is Compare two files for?

Reporting and analysis, in industries such as accountancy and bookkeeping firms, manufacturing and retail and webshops.

Does anything go out without me seeing it?

Everything that goes out is set to approve first by default. You can switch that step off per automation once you trust it.

What if something goes wrong?

The run stops, you get a notification, and in Runs you see step by step what happened. The manual names the errors you may meet, with cause and solution.

More for reporting and analysis

More templates for reporting and analysis
Sjabloon	Soort	What it does
Weekly table clean-up	automation	Every week, a list of duplicate, empty or out-of-date rows in your table, to check over.
Figures explained	AI agent	An assistant that explains a table or a report in plain language: what am I looking at, what stands out, what does it mean.
Daily overview	automation	Every morning, one mail with yesterday's figures from your table and what stands out.

All 26 templates for reporting and analysis

Templates are updated in your Altramano environment.

Last updated: 19 September 2026