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Create an Approval Process to person selected in form

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Hello, 

 

I have a form I've created that I for one of the options is to select 'John Smith' or 'Jane Smith'. Once the form user submits the form I'd like to start an approval process emailed to the person selected. How would you suggest I create this? 

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  • Manish Solanki Profile Picture
    15,167 Moderator on at

    Hi @Ryan-D 

     

    You can dynamically pass the choice field value to "Search for users (V2)" action:

    ManishSolanki_0-1712245852989.png

    Next, pass the email address from the output of previous action in the approval process as shown below. When you pass the email address, the flow will automatically wrap this action in a loop(Apply to each):

    ManishSolanki_1-1712245992390.png

     

    OR

     

    you could create a custom sharepoint list that holds the approver name & its email address in 2 separate fields. Using "Get items" and apply filter query, you could get the email address of the approver from that list which can be passed to approval action.

     

     

    If this helps & solves your problem, please remember to give a 👍 and accept my solution as it will help others in the future.

     

  • Ryan-D Profile Picture
    2 on at

    Sorry, I'm very new to Power Automate. I tried those steps but I don't see how I can have it link to the form? Could you help a little more step-by-step? 

     

    This is what I have

    RyanD_0-1712250037321.png

     

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