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Power Automate - Building Flows
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How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

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Posted on 5 Jun 2024 20:32:57 by 12

Hi,

I am working on an approval workflow that is triggered when an item is selected. Instead of "Approve" and "Reject" buttons in the Start and Wait for Approval, I need "Approve" and "Deny". When the "Reject" button was selected, the status/outcome would show "Rejected". However, when I changed the button to "Deny", the status/outcome shows "Deny" instead of "Denied". I can't figure out where and how to make this change. 

 

Thank you 🙂

 

  • merlange11 Profile Picture
    12 on 13 Jun 2024 at 19:56:45
    Re: How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

    Hi Jeffer Ni,

     

    Thank you. I appreciate your clarification. Please enjoy the rest of your week 🙂

     

     

  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    on 11 Jun 2024 at 02:01:16
    Re: How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

    Hi @merlange11 ,

     

    The approval outcome will always be one of the options you set in Approval action, using Switch just convert the outcome to your desired result and show/display it somewhere you need.

     

    Best regards,

  • merlange11 Profile Picture
    12 on 11 Jun 2024 at 00:08:05
    Re: How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

    Hi Jeffer Ni, 

     

    I replaced Condition with Switch but the status/outcome still doesn't show Denied. I have attached screenshots that it still shows as "Deny" in both MS Teams status  and and Power Automate Approval outcome. Am I mistaken that your 2nd screenshot was a close up of the 1st screenshot. Is the Switch *On Outcome different from the Switch Inputs Deny? Any clarification will be appreciated. 

     

    Thank you 🙂

  • merlange11 Profile Picture
    12 on 06 Jun 2024 at 21:21:14
    Re: How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

    Hi Jeffer Ni,

     

    I just want to make sure that the 2nd screenshot image is a closeup of the 1st screenshot image? 

     

    I will give this a try. I'm using an approval flow triggered from a selected file in OneDrive. I have to replace Condition with Switch.

     

    Case 1 replaces If yes, so I can add Send an email V2 as the next step?

    Case 2 replaces If no, so I can add Send me an email notification as the next step after Compose?

     

    I will let you know how that works out. Have a good evening. 

     

    Thank you, 

     

    merlange11

     
     

     

     

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    v-jefferni Profile Picture
    on 06 Jun 2024 at 06:02:21
    Re: How can I make my custom Deny button in approval flow, show as "Denied" in status/outcome?

    Hi @merlange11 ,

     

    Please try and use Switch control and save the desired result to a variable based on different approval results.

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    Best regards,

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