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Automatically send an email to a user when 'assigned to' column is modified? (SharePoint Online)
We have a list that contains items which go through an approval process. When a list item is first created, a name is put into the 'assigned to' column, indicating the first approver. When that user ...
Hi Toby, in the old days of event receivers your had a before and after properties which you could use to ascertain whether a field had changed. With Flow you may need to be a little more devious with your resolution, by storing the "previous approver" in a field which you hide away. Then each time your Flow runs, compare the "Approver" to the "Previous Approver" and if they don't match then process as a new approval. Then each time your run the approval, change the "Previous Approver" to the name of the person who just approved (How many times can I say approve in one sentence!).
Try that first of all and see if we get into the ballpark of what you're trying to achieve.