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Approve/Reject missing in SharePoint Online document libraries
Anyone else missing Approve/Reject options in a library where Approval is enabled ? In addition the Approval Status column is not updated. Version history of this document (image attached) shows it is in Draft but ..
- The Approval Status column is blank
- I have no way to Approve it
This is a bug, which I among others have reported to Microsoft. It is being fixed as I write this :-)
See this link:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_sharepoint-mso_win10-mso_o365b/document-library-approval-status-column-blank-not/2bea9ab0-ca92-46dc-b0f3-5f757d496b80
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I found a solution to my problem. In the settings for the document library I did this:
- Click "Versioning Settings"
- For "Require content approval for submitted items?" I selected "Yes"
This allowed me to approve and reject the documents in the workflow. I hope this helps others.
My Flow Approval is working fine - I just didn't realise the value written to the Approval Status column was hidden in Modern view - hence two hours wasted troubleshooting Rajkiran_Swain
Have the same issue. Approval Column status is empty in Modern View. Problem occurs on tenants in Canada and US.
- Don’t have access to computer right now but I don’t think approvals are in modern UI yet. You can make use of flow to handle approvals or you will need to take that library back to classic to use or just use the publish which is essentially the same but it only works for site pages libraries.
I was alerted to this this morning as I'm using a Flow with the new Approvals Action - but it no longer sets the Approval Status column. Then I noticed that the old, default behaviour no longer sets the column either - ie create or move/copy a doc into the library where Approvals have been enabled.
- Odd. Targeted release?
Approvals have been working in modern for ages, if not from the beginning. Just to be clear, this is simply setting Approvals in Library Settings.
I get the distinct impression that work is being done on the new Flow OOB Approval that joins the Request sign-off
- Interesting. I'm now seeing a Publish option, once Published Approve/Reject then appear. You can also Unpublish which takes the version number back to a minor version
