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One Last step.....Thanks to the guidance of you wonderful folks, my first Flows are working well! Now for the last part...My goal is to look into my Sharepoint List under a specific column to begin an Approval when a certain date appears. Here is my Flow (I apologize for it being so long):

I get the notification to check in my Approvals tab...but there are no Approvals appearing there. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!

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Robert

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RobertPC77 59 on at

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Also...I do not yet have access to Office 365 Outlook. It is coming though...

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RobElliott 10,313 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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I suggest you use "Start and wait for approval (v2)" rather than the "Create an approval". Also personally I wouldn't use the premium approval type as I think that needs a specific licence though I could be wrong, but it might explain why you are not getting the approval email. I would then use the white-on-green envelope "send an email notification" if you're not on Office 365 Outlook yet. Hope something there helps a bit.
Rob
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I've tried the Green Envelope Mail...but I never receive anything from it....so for right now, I am stuck with the Notifications.

I will switch to the Create and Wait for an Approval. v2 and Wait for First to Respond.

THank you!

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Could you add the green envelope Send an email notification and then post a screenshot of what you've put in it?
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Rob
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Thanks. There's nothing obviously wrong there but one thing I have sometimes found with flow is that it needs the whole email address in the To field to be added before actually pickig the recipient. Odd I know so you might want to try deleting the recipient in the To field then typing the whole email address.
Rob
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RobertPC77 59 on at

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Actually, that is what I do, but Office 365 recognizes my id and inserts my organizational ID. Everythings says that step works, but I never get an email using this email action.

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Hi @RobertPC77 ,

Please check if Body of Get items is an empty array. If Body is empty, the action in Apply to each cannot be executed.

Even if the Flow display runs successfully, Create an approval (V2) action and Send an email notification are not executed.

Best Regards,

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RobertPC77 59 on at

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Hi Barry!
Thanks for noticing that! I ran it once and it says it succeeded...even though the process did not complete the process. There is data available to pull, an approval should have been started and a notification should have been sent to notify that there was an action in the approvals to be taken.

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Hi @RobertPC77 ,

Please provide a screenshot of Body for Get items action?

If the situation is the same as I described, Approval action and Send notification action will not be executed.

May be the condition you configured in Filter Query, resulting in no eligible items being obtained.

You could try to not configure Filter Query and see if similar suitation still exists.

Best Regards,

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