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Stop Approval Action instance from another flow ?

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The application i'm developing allows users to send transport requests, and once the request is created Approval Action Flow is running until relevant Approver respond to it, meanwhile there's another flow is running everyday to update request approval status to AutoRejected due to not approved by EOD.

But Approval Action Flow is still running, Is there a way to stop that specific instance from running after relevant request is updated by AutoReject flow.

Is it possible to use Microsoft Graph, to run python script to automate respond action to the Approval Email.

Any Advice much Appreciated.

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GeorgiosG 1,013 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Stop Approval Action instance from another flow ?

I would think about redesigning the architecture to avoid unnecessary runs.

If this is not possible you can try it with that action
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/flowmanagement/#cancel-flow-run
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Re: Stop Approval Action instance from another flow ?

Thanks for the reply,

but as per requirement i have i cannot use timeout option to cancel it.
GeorgiosG 1,013 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Stop Approval Action instance from another flow ?

Hi @Anonymous,

I am not aware of such action.
You can think about redesigning your solution architecture and work maybe with child flows. Then you can react on outputs.
Further you can also work with custom Timeouts in the settings I.e. like P1D for 1 day.

Or even easier (if you are using SharePoint) you can skip out changes to the specific column: https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/run-a-flow-when-a-sharepoint-column-is-modified/