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Approval workflow for multiple files

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Posted on by Tea11 6

I would like to create a workflow for approving multiple documents. I don't see any options to select multiple files in
SharePoint and run the power automate flow. Could you please suggest how can we do it?

 

Thank you very much for your support.

 

Regards,

Tea

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    v-duann-msft on at
    Re: Approval workflow for multiple files

    Hi @Tea11 

     

    Thank you for posting.

     

    According to your description, you would like to select multiple files from SharePoint and send them as attachments via approval. If any misunderstanding, please kindly let me know.

     

    It’s possible if we use variable to store all filtered files and attach them to approval.

    Flow overview:

    v-duann-msft_0-1622169049707.png

     

    Flow in details:

    We need to use filter query to filter out the files you want to sent. From my example, I get the files which are modified in the last 90days.

    Modified gt '@{addDays(utcNow(),-90)}'

    v-duann-msft_1-1622169049715.png

     

    Please pay attention to this part, we must  select ‘filename with extension’ in name area. Otherwise, the file type will be changed and can't be opened anymore.

    {

      "Name":@{items('Apply_to_each')?['{FilenameWithExtension}']},

      "Content":@{outputs('Get_file_content')?['body']}

    }

    v-duann-msft_2-1622169049719.png

     

    v-duann-msft_3-1622169049723.png

     

    After testing, I’m able to receive approval as below:

    v-duann-msft_4-1622169049725.png

     

    v-duann-msft_5-1622169049727.png

     

    Hope the content above may help you.

     

    Best regards,

    Anna

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