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Tanya Denton
Jan 16, 2018Steel Contributor
Approval Flow - Approval Status - why can't this be updated?
I am hoping i am missing something! Just looking at moving approval workflows from SharePoint workflows to Microsoft Flow. From what i have read the flow cannot update the standard 'Approval Status'...
Tanya Denton
Steel Contributor
OK, thanks i will give it another go.
Jon Levesque
Jan 22, 2018Microsoft
let me know if you need any help
- Tanya DentonJan 23, 2018Steel ContributorAny help would be appreciated folks. All examples of flow approvals i have found relate to Lists, not Documents. @DeanGross, thanks for reminding me of the edX resource, i had forgotten about that. However the example you have given is a list and as far as i can tell your Status field is a hand crafted field with options?!?. I am referring to a document library with Approval turned on, which obviously then automatically produces the [Approval Status] field. This [Approval Status] field is the one i cannot change in a flow, and as far as others have posted, as of yet you cannot update the [Approval Status] with a flow. Hope someone can point me in the right directions.
- Martin JansmyrFeb 09, 2018Copper Contributor
I have the same problem. The approval flow is not very useful it it does not update Approval status and thus makes the document avaliable to users :( Solutions?
- Alex RichardsFeb 26, 2018Copper Contributor
I have exactly the same problem, this seems like a small glitch that hopefully Microsoft can solve ASAP because i have clients waiting to use this process for their ISO 9001 compliance.
- Michael LarsenMar 07, 2018Copper Contributor
This has been an issue for 2 years or more. Unfortunately the "the start approval when new item is added" is useless.