Approval proccess with multiple approvers - Apply to each response in loop while approval to still running

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So I'm trying to create an approval flow that has multiple approvers, I wanted to do some other tasks as each response comes in, update planner item by removing the approver who approved, update sharepoint with approval comment time and date, as each response comes in. My problem is the flow will wait for ALL approvals to come in before it continues to the next step, I need it to run as each approval happens to keep track of who has approved and who hasn't yet.

This is my set up

And this is my result when I run

This is where it stops and waits

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Jcook 7,783 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hello,

Consider using the action, Start an approval.

Than use the action, wait for an approval, below the actions you want to do.

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Medster 6 on at

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The problem is that if I do it that way I no longer have the responses in the dynamic content. Not sure if I'm missing something.

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I don't believe Power Automate has the capability of dynamically changing approvers while a flow is running.

It sounds like the number of approvers is static or, at least, the number of planner items? It also sounds like the people that are approving varies.

What you could do is create an approval for each task/planner item by adding them as parallel branches. Then set each approval as "first person to approve" instead of "all people must approve."

If the approvals need to be consecutive, you can create a string or array variable and load it with the approvers. Then start an approval with that variable loaded in the "Assigned to" section. As one phase is approved, the next step is to remove the approver's name from that string/array variable and start the next approval process with the same variable.

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