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Iron Contributor

Apr 05, 2019

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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 i...

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Maggan Wåhlin
Apr 05, 2019
Ian Moran

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

ChrisWebbTech

MVP

Apr 05, 2019

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.

Ian Moran
Iron Contributor
Apr 05, 2019
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.
- ChrisWebbTech
  MVP
  Apr 05, 2019
  Odd. Targeted release?
  - Ian Moran
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 05, 2019
    It is indeed
Ian Moran
Iron Contributor
Apr 05, 2019
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