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UPDATE: FIXED Flow not updating SharePoint calendar item from Pending to Approved

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Posted on by jenbaier

Hi all,

 

I am attempting to build a flow that accomplishes the following:

  • When an item is created in a SharePoint list (calendar)
  • Convert time zone to local (2x steps)
  • Start and wait for an approval
  • Condition "If Outcome is equal to 'Approved'
    • Update Item in SP
    • Send email to requestor notifying them that their request is approved
  • If condition not satisfied
    • Delete item in SP
    • Send email to requestor letting them know their request has been denied, and the request deleted from SP.

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My problem is that the flow is not updating the item in SP from Pending to Approved. How do I accomplish this bit?

 

I can rebuild based on a working flow rather than tweaking this one. 

 

Thanks,

 

Jen

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  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    Pstork1 69,018 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Is there more than one approver?  Outcome is a comma delimited string of all the responses.  So unless you only have one approver Outcome will never be equal to "Approve". What I normally do is check to see if Outcome includes "Reject".  If it does then the aproval was rejected by someone.  Otherwise it was approved.  So just replace your condition with Outcome does not Contain "Reject" and it should work.

  • jenbaier Profile Picture
    jenbaier on at

    I actually ended up swapping out the Update Item step with Set content approval status, tested and that worked.  Thanks for your reply!

  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    Pstork1 69,018 Most Valuable Professional on at

    I'm assuming that you have enabled Publishing then, since Set Content Approval status only works with Publishing features enabled.  I'm also assuming that you only have one approver.  You are correct that update item doesn't have access to the content approval column.  

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