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Creating approvals in excel

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We have a financials spreadsheet used for company purchases that has to have manager approvals before the purchase can be made.   I understand I can make use of power automate/flow to send an email to the nominated approver.  would someone be able to advise the step by step process on how to do this?
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    mmbr1606 14,615 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    hey
     
    this video should helo you do this:
     
    instead of send email you would need to implement a approval step just like here:
     
    if it helped please mark as verified answer,
     
    cheers

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