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I have developed a flow that uses the trigger "When a file is modified or created" in a document library and it has an approval further down the flow that runs when a certain value in a custom meta data column is selected. During testing I've found that if you delete a file after an approval has been started the approval still shows in the approvers 'approval panel' and it acts as if the document still exists. Is this functionality intended & is there any way to delete the approval if the associated document is deleted?
Althought someone shouldn't delete a file once it has been sent from approval I am not ultimately in control of other users actions and it is a possibility that they dont follow the correct procedure.
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Hi @Scottb1,
It is a default behavior for flow that once an approval request is sent, the flow will keep on running until a response is given, though the file that triggered the flow has been deleted.
If you would like a feature to delete the approval if the associated document is deleted, please submit a request on Flow Ideas Forum:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas
Besides, if you want to restrict users’ behavior, you could specify permission level to users in SharePoint, please take the following doc for a reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/understanding-permission-levels
Best regards,
Mabel
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