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xCloud
Copper Contributor
Nov 22, 2019

Need some help, can't even get a proper approval flow for Sharepoint to work

Hi there,    I am trying to set up a Microsoft Flow for users to submit document for approval when they need to publish it. here are the issues I have:    1. There is no trigger for automatically...
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xCloud
Copper Contributor
Nov 25, 2019

Techresa 

Hi Theresa, 

 

Thank you very much, that's a great idea. I've tested it and it works fine. 

 

Any idea about my other questions? 

 

Thanks again. 

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xCloud
Copper Contributor
Dec 03, 2019

I now have a situation that users like to track the approval status in the Sharepoint list, list Manager approved, VP approved, etc. I can update the column with the output of the workflow, however, it changes the status to Draft. 

 

How can I get around this? Can someone please give me some help on this? So frustrated. 

 

Thanks a .lot

  • Damien_Rosario's avatar
    Damien_Rosario
    Silver Contributor
    Dec 03, 2019

    Hi xCloud 

     

    When you update the Approval output in SharePoint using the action in Flow, try populating the Status field (which will be blank) with the desired status in the same action.

     

    This way both happen at the same time.

     

    Let me know if that works for you or we can explore a bit more if you can show some screens shots of the flow?

     

    Cheers

    Damien