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Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By : Aaron Guilmette
Book Image

Workflow Automation with Microsoft Power Automate

By: Aaron Guilmette

Overview of this book

Microsoft Power Automate is a workflow automation solution included in Microsoft 365. This book explores the core concepts of workflow automation, such as working with connectors, triggers, and actions, along with their practical implementation in automating business tasks and simplifying digital processes to boost enterprise productivity.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
1
Section 1 - What is Power Automate?
3
Section 2 - Basic Flow Concepts
10
Section 3 - Intermediate Flow Concepts
18
Section 4 - Administering the Power Automate Environment

Working with sequential approvals

A sequential approval is a multiple approval scenario requiring various stages of approval before a final approver can accept or reject it. Common scenarios include expense reports or vacation requests where an immediate manager approves an item, which is then routed to a second-level manager.

An example sequential approval sequence is shown here:

The previous diagram depicts this order of events:

  1. The user adds an item to a SharePoint list.
  2. Power Automate, which was configured to use a new item appearing on the list as a trigger, initiates the approval flow and sends the approval request to the first approver.
  3. The first approver responds to the request (either Approves or Rejects).
  4. The Power Automate flow processes the approval answer. However, unlike a single approval ending the flow, Power Automate instead starts the second stage (or final stage) of the approval.
  5. The second approver responds to the request (either Approves or Rejects).

An approval...