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Start and Wait for an Approval - Assign using Variables (Power Automate)

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Posted on 22 Jul 2021 15:42:44 by lilox7

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Hello!! In my project I initialized variables that store emails from a list.

I'm having trouble when calling the variable into the 'Assigned to' field for "Start and Wait for an Approval",

the variable works if I use it in "Send an Email (v2)" from outlook, but not in the Approvals.

The variable stores correctly the email, but i can't use it on the Approval Step. Any ideas of what it could be?

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Pstork1 68,271 Most Valuable Professional on 22 Jul 2021 at 15:45:40

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Re: Start and Wait for an Approval - Assign using Variables (Power Automate)

Make sure you are using the dynamic Content link to add the variable.

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lilox7 2 on 22 Jul 2021 at 15:50:02

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Thanks, I just double checked and It still shows the same error

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Pstork1 68,271 Most Valuable Professional on 22 Jul 2021 at 19:26:17

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Is it one email or a semicolon delimited list of emails?

Are the emails all for internal people?

If you hard code the person's email in the approval does it work? That's the easiest way to make sure they have permission to do approvals.

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RV-20050503-0 2 on 20 May 2025 at 05:05:36

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Start and Wait for an Approval - Assign using Variables (Power Automate)

Hi,

Did you found a solution for this issue? I am haveing the exact same problem

Thamks

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