What is Use flows with approvals
We mentioned approvals a few times throughout this module. Whether you need written acknowledgment from a manager or a formal authorization from a diverse group of stakeholders, getting things approved is part of almost every organization.
With the approvals capability in Power Automate, you can automate approval requests and combine human decision making into workflows. When you submit an approval in a flow, approvers are notified and can review and act on the request.
Some popular cases where approvals can be used include:
- Approving vacation time requests: Employees can submit a vacation request via a dedicated application, or by filling out a vacation request form. The request is sent to a manager who can approve or deny the request.
- Approving documents that need sign off: Documents that require approval or signing off can be easily sent to the appropriate person to be signed off on. Once approved, a confirmation or copy of the signed document could be sent to all parties to confirm it was completed.
- Approving expense reports: After an employee fills out an expense report, a Power Automate flow can identify the person’s manager, and send them the report for their approval.
For more information about using approvals in Power Automate, see: Get started with approvals.
Power Automate and Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint is a popular application that allows organizations to create sites where users can share documents and information with colleagues, partners, and customers. With the document management capabilities of SharePoint, users can easily track different versions of documents, and collaborate with others. With SharePoint being used to support so many different scenarios, it makes sense that organizations would want to be able to automate many of the different elements.
Let’s look at some different examples of how you can use Power Automate with SharePoint: