How to get the individual response of approvers in action "Start and wait for an approval"

[karl_oliverio]

I am currently using "Start and wait for an approval" with custom responses. What dynamic content should I use to get the individual response of each approver. I think "outcome" is not the right one to use since it will output the overall outcome of the approval.

@Pstork1 I know I you answered my question recently about what to use for the overall approval. Now, I am lost on what to use to get the individual response. I assume "responses" will return "Approved" but when I used it on my approvals before having multiple approvers, it returned "Approved Approved Approved".

[RezaDorrani]

Hi @karl_oliverio 

The Reponses object (array) will give you the individual responses

You can loop through the Responses dynamic content

Within the loop

expression - item()?['approverResponse'] - will give you the response form the apporver

expression -  item()?['responder']?['userPrincipalName'] - will give you the UPN of the person who responded

Regards,

Reza Dorrani

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[Pstork1]

The "Approved Approved Approved" in outcome would be because you assigned the approval to three people.

[karl_oliverio]

Hi @Pstork1 , yes i have multiple approvers that is why the flow is returning values "approve approve approve". Is there a shorter way where i can use it on my condition wherein i only indicate "approve" and not use "approve approve approve" since there are some cases that the count of my approvers will change

[Pstork1 · Accepted solution]

You could do your condition with Contains, but that would still approve if the result was "Approve Reject Approve" where one person rejects the item.  In that case there really is no option other than using a loop.

[takolota]

I was recently building a quick approval system for my org and developed a more polished way of doing this without loops & with better formatting...



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