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Hi 
I have an approval flow in sharepoint that is working for me (probably overcooked, but it works) and now i'm trying to create another power automate flow that puts approved documents back into draft if they are edited. But no matter what i try, the flow doesn't run as i think it's conflicting against my approval flow. Would love some help on this topic. 
 
My sharepoint library has custom columns (draft, pending, published, archived etc) 
 
I'm using enable content approval and only have major versions. 
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  • Bezanca Profile Picture
    688 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    Yeah possibly conflicting. Could you give us a bit more details please about the 2 flows? Screenshots of the flows would be great aswell. 
     
    What trigger are you using for both flows?
    Do you have trigger condtions on the flows?
    If you check the run flow history, does the second flow run or has it never triggered?
    Does your approval flow update the same status columns (Draft / Pending / Published)?
    What exactly should happen when a published document is edited?
     
    Thanks!
    Adam
  • MV-19052151-0 Profile Picture
    2 on at
    This is my approval flow exactly attached as screen show with logic and also overview, i've removed my draft flow as it just put my document back into draft after every approval. Note the approval contains a trigger and logic to help with the now non-existent draft flow (the 'system_publish' in the comment field) 
     
    My library settings are:
    - document type column (mandatory) only using draft and approved. 
    - check in and out turned on 
    - publishing major versions only 
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