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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...
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
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
