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Hi,

I have a flow that looks up a list of users who have a flag of True. If True then it starts an approval process.

The problem im having is if there is a few, it wont move to the next one until the last one is reviewed. Is there a way to continue the flow to move to the next user whilst leaving the approval waiting for a response? (hope that makes sense)

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ResRudeBoy 106 on at

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I think ive figured it out, ive added "create an approval" but i dont have the dynamic value of the result to start the next section which would be to email someone?

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Also tried "Concurrency Control" and setting to 50 but it still seems to only run another loop if the last one is completed?

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ResRudeBoy 106 on at

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Hi,

The issue is with the "start and wait for an approval" action. Since it says wait for an approval it will immediately stop the flow and wait until the response is made. Looking at the documentation you simply should just have to switch to the "Create an approval" and the "Wait for an approval" actions. Put the "Create an approval" in your "for each" command and for the wait for an approval later in the flow after it has finished the "for each".

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/approvals/

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ResRudeBoy 106 on at

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Like this? the problem here is i have no ID to link it to?

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ResRudeBoy 106 on at

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So i tried this, but it seems its stuck in a loop now, it sent me the two users i flagged for the approval which was a result, but the 2nd stage outside of the loop seems to be stuck now? its been running for almost 2 hours since i approved them.
Been running a while.

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ResRudeBoy 106 on at

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I also tried adding "update item" in the share point list to add the approvalid to a new column in the item, in hope i could reference this in the "wait for an approval" ID field, but its not showing there either?

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QWales 40 on at

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Try a parallel branch, I had some success with that but it will not travel back up the flow if you are in a loop.

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okeks 802 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Is there a reason why you don't simply use Start and wait for approval with the parameter "Everyone must approve" instead of a loop and an extra approval for everyone?

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You're almost there with the Create approval function. After that you need to create a "Wait for approval" connector and load the approval ID from Create Approval in that field. If the dynamic value for the create approval doesn't show, it may be because the Wait for Approval is in a section separate from the Create Approval, such as a loop. I bypassed this by creating an array variable (you might be able to do a string) and using append to array to add the approval ID from Create approval. I then created an Apply to each loop based on the array variable and put the Wait for Approval connector in there with "Current value" in the Approval ID field.

As an addition, if you're also updating a spreadsheet and need to track which rows were involved with the approval, simply add them to the append to array section separated by a separator (I used a semicolon). Then use first(split(your array variable,';') assuming the approval ID is first in the array. And for the row reference last(split(your array variable,';'), again assuming the row key value was appended after the approval id.

I hope this helps.

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