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I have created a sequential approval flow that operates off a list of users to decide who and when to send the approval request e.g. I can define the users and where in the chain they should receive their request for approval (assuming all preceeding users have approved). This flow works fine.

I then copied this flow, created a second list and changed the List Name in the Get Items - Approvers step to the name of a new list with a different set of users. However, when I run this flow, it uses the names and details of the users from the first flow.

What am I missing here? I'm assuming I should be able to run 2 similar flows with separate lists. If you need screenshots of specific sections of the 2 flows, please let me know and I'll post them up.

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Rookie_User 10 on at

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bump, would love if someone could help me here.

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wskinnermctc 6,519 Moderator on at

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If you're getting info from the list in the first flow when running the second flow, that means you didn't update a step(s) correctly.
You need to go back in and double check all of the steps to make sure they are updated to your second list. This includes the initial trigger.

Especially if you are going back in and updating items as the approvals move forward, there are probably steps that you missed changing from list 1 to list 2. Or if you have some manual things input into the flow like HTTP calls or variables, they need to be checked and updated.

You said, "I can define the users and where in the chain they should receive their request for approval", is that defining the users something you manually hardcoded into the flow and forgot to update?

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wskinner, thanks for the reply. The reason I'm using a list is so that I didn't have to hardcode the approvers into the flow, I can change the approvers and the order they get requested for approval using the list without having to touch the flow. In terms of changes to the flows, I updated the locations of the Sharepoint lists, is there something deeper or different I should be looking at? They are both in the same Sharepoint location, so as far as I can see, the only thing that needed to change is the List Name. When creating the second flow, I copied the first flow and changed the list name. However, thinking about it, there are some things pulled into the flow from that list such as UserEmail, Name, etc. that are pulled into the Start and Wait For Approver step. Would I need to reset those e.g. are they still looking at the old list because I haven't reset them?

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wskinnermctc 6,519 Moderator on at

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When you created the new SharePoint List with a different set of approvers, how did you make the SharePoint list?

Did you copy from the previous list? Or did you create a brand new blank list and add the columns?

I'm asking because I've seen issues where people copy a SharePoint list to a new SharePoint list and there are like ghost items and columns from the previous list that cause errors.

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Rookie_User 10 on at

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It's a while back sincee I did this, but I'm about 95% certain it was a list I created from scratch as it was originally created against my personal profile rather than in Sharepoint, and it took me a bit of work to get it onto Sharepoint. As per my previous post above, I'm wondering do I need to reset all the items it would pull from the list in order to ensure it's not looking at a ghost/past imprint. TBH, I might just delete the second flow and build it again from scratch, I need to be able to explain it to someone else anyway so they can replicate it.

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