{"id":5382,"date":"2024-04-04T20:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powergi.net\/?p=5382"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:42:14","slug":"lange-laufende-genehmigungsanfragen-in-power-automate-mit-uberschreiben-des-28-tage-timeouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/blog\/create-long-running-approval-requests-in-power-automate-override-28-days-timeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Langlaufende Genehmigungsanforderungen in Power Automate erstellen (28-Tage-Timeout \u00fcberschreiben)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5382\" class=\"elementor elementor-5382\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfaa009 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfaa009\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32031e3\" data-id=\"32031e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e6800 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59e6800\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sending approval requests is one of the most common use cases for which Power Automate is used for. After all, the out-of-the-box connector for approvals has a limitation: if the approval request is not approved or rejected within 28 days, the action will time out and this will cause your flow to fail.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this post, we will show you a workaround to create long-running approval requests so wave good-bye to the 28 days limitation!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9529575 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9529575\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-626b859\" data-id=\"626b859\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc834f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc834f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Use Case<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f57e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f57e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This SharePoint list records new projects, requiring management approval. Some projects need over 28 days for approval due to larger investments. If approvers do not take action on the approval request, we will resend it every 15 days.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Projects sent for approval have a \u201cNew\u201d status.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f88bfd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f88bfd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-47.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5746\" alt=\"Power Automate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-47.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-47-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bac9b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bac9b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A good practice when setting up complex workflows is to rely on expert guidance. Professional <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/microsoft-power-platform-consulting-services\/\"><b>Power Platform Consulting<\/b><\/a> can help ensure your <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/blog\/dynamic-and-sequential-approvals-in-power-automate\/\"><strong>approval processes<\/strong><\/a> are efficient, scalable, and fully customized to your organization\u2019s needs.<\/p><p>For organizations with broader digital initiatives, combining automation with <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/power-apps-consulting-services\/\"><strong>business application consulting services<\/strong><\/a> can provide a stronger foundation for aligning approvals with enterprise-wide systems and strategies.<\/p><p>Incorporate <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/microsoft-power-platform-consulting-services\/\"><strong>power platform consulting services<\/strong><\/a> to streamline your long-running approval workflows, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and enhancing flexibility. Our expertise in Microsoft Power Platform ensures tailored solutions that meet your specific needs. Consider our power platform consultancy to gain a competitive edge in automating and optimizing business processes efficiently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b22842e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b22842e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Power Automate Workflow<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e9aa28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e9aa28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1. Add a column to flag Request status<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02e424e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02e424e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">For our use case, we will have 3 different status: Started (default value), Complete (when approver completes request), Restarted (to indicate the request was resent).<br>Additionally, leveraging <a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/microsoft-power-platform-consulting-services\/\"><strong>Power Apps consulting services<\/strong><\/a> can help optimize approval workflows by tailoring automation to your business needs.<br><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662c3fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662c3fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47d285c\" data-id=\"47d285c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7e8f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e7e8f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"309\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-48.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5752\" alt=\"Power\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-48.png 309w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-48-181x300.png 181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-656e7f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"656e7f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44b4337\" data-id=\"44b4337\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d071cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d071cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2. Set up your trigger<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35477bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35477bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">Since we need to track both new projects and restarted requests, our trigger will be \u201cwhen someone creates or modifies an item.\u201d Just select the SharePoint site and the list this trigger will be linked to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c46a3de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c46a3de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-49.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5756\" alt=\"automate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-49.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-49-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c65e63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c65e63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins;\">We will need this workflow to be triggered when:<\/span><\/p><div id=\"seology-cta-1\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"7267\" class=\"elementor elementor-7267\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3f164 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e3f164\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9078c9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9078c9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b99949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b99949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Turn your ideas into digital solutions<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e61db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e61db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our team guides you step by step to build custom apps in Power Platform.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a578907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a578907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c827b elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e8c827b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#ctc_chat\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d834237 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d834237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 New Projects are added to our list (ie, when item is created, when our projects are created they are created with \u201c<\/span><b>New<\/b>\u201d status)<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Approval request is restarted (it, when item is modified to Request status = \u201cRestarted\u201d, but Status of the project remains as \u201c<\/span><b>New<\/b>\u201c)<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Now, let\u2019s add some settings to the trigger to ensure the workflow will only run when any of the above conditions are met. We will use \u201ctrigger conditions\u201d for this.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we write trigger conditions on choice columns, it\u2019s always written like this:<\/span><b>\u00a0triggerOutputs()?[\u2018body\/{column-name}\/Value<\/b><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Go to the ellipsis in the trigger card and hit on \u201csettings\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e2e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1e2e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-50.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5760\" alt=\"Automate Power\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-50.png 828w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-50-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-50-768x286.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d2c19c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d2c19c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">We need Status = \u201cNew\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd5701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"7bd5701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript line-numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>@equals(triggerOutputs()?['body\/Status\/Value'],\"New\")<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55b0861 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55b0861\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfa751b\" data-id=\"dfa751b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b407417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b407417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write this text under \u201ctrigger conditions\u201d and hit on \u201cDone\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148ee80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"148ee80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-51-672x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5766\" alt=\"Power\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-51-672x1024.png 672w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-51-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-51-768x1170.png 768w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/unnamed-51.png 827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82f67ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82f67ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note we are applying this condition on the \u201cStatus\u201d column \u2013 which we use for\u00a0<b>project status<\/b>, not the \u201cRequest status\u201d column<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b91fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96b91fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3. Add Approval Actions<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180d8b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"180d8b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let\u2019s add \u201cCreate an approval\u201d action, add all the approval details and then add the \u201cWait for an approval\u201d action. In this second action, just select \u201capproval ID\u201d variable coming from the \u201ccreate an approval action\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p>What this will do is to create an approval request and send it to the approver(s). After it\u2019s sent, it will wait for approval to happen. Accordingly, while we wait, here is where we have the so-called 28 days limit. Above all, this is where the workaround starts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2870acd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2870acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-37.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5388\" alt=\"Long-Running Approval Power Automate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-37.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-37-300x260.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a82829 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a82829\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5afaa6\" data-id=\"a5afaa6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433c03a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"433c03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4. Modify \u201cwait for an approval\u201d time out attribute.\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e0955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71e0955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the action\u2019s ellipsis and then click on the \u201cSettings action\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c58e7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c58e7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-38.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5389\" alt=\"Settings Action\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-38.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-38-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23f2dde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23f2dde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will update the \u201ctimeout\u201d field.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0d25a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c0d25a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-39.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5390\" alt=\"Process Automation Services\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-39.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-39-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a07670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a07670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The value you write here will depend on your process needs, but let\u2019s suppose we want to resend the approval request to our approvers every 15 days. Accordingly, we will write P15D (just make sure this value is less than 28 days). Afterward, just click on \u201cDone.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08b0d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08b0d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-40.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5391\" alt=\"P15D Approval Request\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-40.png 512w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/unnamed-40-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7578a1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7578a1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59cb96b\" data-id=\"59cb96b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cc32db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cc32db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5. Create a branch\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b72e98c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b72e98c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"539a4991-0638-4fe4-bf77-e132d07e5f00\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right after the \u201cwait for an approval\u201d action, add two parallel actions, as shown below. Accordingly, on the left side, we will have a condition, and on the right side, we will have the \u201cUpdate item\u201d SharePoint action<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c753d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8c753d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\"><div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ccyji-79elbk h-full\"><div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ccyji-1n7m0yu\"><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\"><div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-3\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\"><div class=\"py-2 juice:py-[18px] px-3 text-base md:px-4 m-auto md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5\"><div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-3 text-base juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl\"><div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\"><div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"539a4991-0638-4fe4-bf77-e132d07e5f00\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f08fee6.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c5482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1c5482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 6. Define what your workflow will do if action is approved or rejected<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f98972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f98972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For our use case, we will just update the project status in the SharePoint list, we will also update request status to \u201ccomplete\u201d. This will be in the left side brach.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f0c89f2.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f15c230.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0c5122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0c5122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 8. Define what your workflow will do if action is not taken on the approval request<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3609a29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3609a29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cUpdate item\u201d action should look like below, make sure the column you added at the beginning to flag restarted request is set as \u201c<\/span><b>Restarted<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f239f13.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><br>On the right side of the branches, use the ellipsis to update the \u201cconfigure run after\u201d value.<br><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f2934eb.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a0f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06a0f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure you update the checkboxes to look as below:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5512cde elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5512cde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5396\" alt=\"Set Variable to Completed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image3.png 930w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image3-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image3-768x283.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491052f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"491052f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After you click on Done, this is how branches should look:<br><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f2ec8ba.png\" alt=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0d331 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0d331\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this will do is:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the approval request is <\/span><b>completed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within 15 days, it will follow the left path (where we set the project as approved).\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the approval request is not completed within 15 days, the \u201cwait for approval\u201d action will time out and go to the right side of the workflow. This will make the request to be restarted and resent to the approver<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a676eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a676eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 9. Cancel approval request before the next one is sent.\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe96186 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe96186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\"><div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ccyji-79elbk h-full\"><div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ccyji-1n7m0yu\"><div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\"><div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-3\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\"><div class=\"py-2 juice:py-[18px] px-3 text-base md:px-4 m-auto md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5\"><div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-3 text-base juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl\"><div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\"><div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9a8783a1-bc04-427c-a006-607d52f6754a\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"f3fa5397-ab96-401e-be29-70b56a38bdb0\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><p>This step is kind of optional because a new request will be sent regardless if you cancel the previous ones or not. After all, leaving open requests can cause issues or confusion for the approver if they find older emails regarding requests which have already timed out. Accordingly, it\u2019s recommended to add this action in Power Automate to cancel any request that is older than 15 days.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All approvals data is stored in Dataverse, so we will need a Dataverse action for this \u2013 so note that if you add this step, your Power Automate flow will become premium (hence, a license will be required \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/blog\/power-automate-desktop-app-licensing-explained-updated-2024\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you can read our guide on licensing here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><div id=\"seology-cta-2\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"section\" data-elementor-id=\"7276\" class=\"elementor elementor-7276\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3f164 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e3f164\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9078c9f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9078c9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b99949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b99949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From vision to execution<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e61db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e61db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whether you're just starting or scaling automation, we help turn your ideas into impactful solutions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a578907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a578907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"jet_parallax_layout_list\":[]}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8c827b elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"e8c827b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#ctc_chat\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-whatsapp\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d834237 elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"d834237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/de\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for the \u201cUpdate a row\u201d action and set it up as follows:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select \u201cApprovals\u201d as table name<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Row ID = Select \u201capproval ID\u201d from the \u201ccreate an approval\u201d action.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stage = Complete<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Status Reason = Canceled<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Status = Inactive.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dataverse action should look like this:<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f334b0b.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p><p>It should be added right after the \u201cupdate item\u201d action, on the right branch of our workflow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4c92c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4c92c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 10. Test your Workflow and See Magic Happen!\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4da615e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4da615e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how the final flow should look:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Poppins; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/migrated-img-5382-6a4450f35b761.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66479a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66479a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to test faster, you can accordingly change the \u201cwait for an approval\u201d timeout setup to something like PT5M \u2013 for it to timeout after 5 minutes. This way, you will be able to test faster and make sure your requests are being completed, re-sent, and canceled properly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b61a65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b61a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5401\" alt=\"PT5M Set Up\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image5.png 717w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image5-300x68.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dad136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5dad136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how canceled requests will look:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-401d3e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"401d3e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-1024x386.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5402\" alt=\"Power automate  approval workflows\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-1024x386.png 1024w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11-768x290.png 768w, https:\/\/powergi.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/image11.png 1268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912d321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"912d321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All set! Now you can have your approval workflows run for over 28 days!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sending approval requests is one of the most common use cases for which Power Automate is used for. After all, the out-of-the-box connector for approvals has a limitation: if the approval request is not approved or rejected within 28 days, the action will time out and this will cause your flow to fail. 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