This article will guide you through the creation of a parallel approval process using Power Automate cloud flow.
Let’s start.
Within the Power Automate parallel approval process, a single approval request is sent to multiple approvers, and each approver's approval process operates independently.
Go to https://make.powerapps.com/, then click on "New Flow," choose "Automated cloud flow," provide a flow name, and select "When an item is created." Please consult the screenshot below for reference.
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Following Next, we must choose the site address and then select the list.
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Click on New Step and choose an operation pane, search for "Start and wait for an approval" under actions, and select it.
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In this window, please select the options as shown below.
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Next, similarly, we need to add one more start and wait for an approval action.
Next, we will “Apply to each” to get all the required fields.
![HR Approval]()
Next, click on the new step and select the condition under Actions.
![Condition control]()
In the section below, click on "choose a value" and select the value from dynamic content as "ManagerApproved," which corresponds to "Approve.
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![Manager]()
Click on Add--> Select Add a row as shown in the below screen.
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In the below Section click on choose a value and select the value from dynamic content as HRApproved is equal to Approve.
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Click on 'Add an Action' under the 'If yes' condition and search for Send an Email --> Select Send an email(V2).
In this section, select the options as shown in the below screen.
![Send email]()
Next, click on Add an Action Search Updated item and select it from under Actions.
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Next, if the condition is equal to false, please add the same Send an Email --> Select Send an email(V2) and Update Item as shown in the below screen.
![Update item]()
In the Test Flow window, select Manually -> Click on Test
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Navigate to the SharePoint site add insert a new item in the SharePoint list, and click on save.
![New item]()
Once the item is added to the SharePoint list, our flow will get started.
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An approval email will be sent to the respective manager first once the manager approves the leave request. email will be triggered to HR for the Next approval.
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An approval email will be sent to the respective manager first once the manager approves the leave request. email will be triggered to HR for the Next approval.
![Next approval]()
Thank you...!