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Session Id : UavKY/3/1rxSNOpjYmhmzT
Power Automate - Building Flows
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Struggling to create a daily Approval Workflow

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Posted on 5 May 2023 09:00:24 by 30

I am trying to create a workflow that does the following:

 

1. Start every day

2. Check if an items due date is equal to today

3. Start an approval process for all relevant items

4. Change a column to yes or no after the item has been approved/rejected

 

However, I can't find a way to start the approval process for all relevant items at once. I either have to wait for the first one to be approved/rejected or have to go outside the loop, but then of course can't work with the approval response.

 

Any ideas?

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    Djuuu Profile Picture
    65 on 05 May 2023 at 09:40:09
    Re: Struggling to create a daily Approval Workflow

    Ah, then go to the settings of the for each loop (the 3 dots) and select settings --> and there you can activate that the items are not waiting for each other to finish, but run parallel instead. Sadly, only to a maximum for 50 items at the same time.

     

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  • Kuchen Profile Picture
    30 on 05 May 2023 at 09:27:04
    Re: Struggling to create a daily Approval Workflow

    Hey Djuu, thank you for your response!

    I am working with items from a SharePoint List.

     

    When the workflow is created similiar to your screenshot, the next item has to wait for the item from the before to be approved.

     

    So it would be like:

    Start and wait for Approval of Item "A" -> nothing happens, because the approver doesn't work on it -> Start and wait for Approval of item "B" never starts.

     

    Thats why I would like to start the approval process for all items at the same time. But I can't figure out how, since I need to work with the approval response and this is only possible within the loop....

     

    Does this make it more clear?

  • Djuuu Profile Picture
    65 on 05 May 2023 at 09:18:49
    Re: Struggling to create a daily Approval Workflow

    Hi  Kuchen!
    Can you provide more context? Where is the list stored?
    In my opinion, you need to get all items from the list and create a start & wait for an approval in a for each loop. (See picture attached)

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