custom approval in flow designer

[Deepika54]

Hello experts, 

I am creating a flow designer in which in the output variable, i have comma seperated user's sysid's example

["904aa11993c322909fa4d2fbb9373c16","24206a0f93792e105f36bb697bba102a"]

I want to send an approval to all of the users that will be there in the output of the action which will hold the sysid's.

Can anyone tell me how to pass these values in the ask for approval in flow designer

[Utpal Dutta · Accepted solution]

Hi @Deepika54 ,

I think you've created a custom action from flow designer. In this case why don't you return output as list reference type rather than string so you can use it directly in your main flow where you're using "Ask approval" activity.

Please follow below steps to modify your action output:

1. Set output variable in script action as list reference to user table.
2. In output create output variable of type list     again.
3. Click on exit edit mode and then set your output variable value with script step output value.

Once your action is setup then go back to your main flow and use above action output directly in your approval action like below:

Above solution will also work if you're using a subflow which is returning comma seperated string.

If my answer helps then please mark it helpful & accept this solution.

Thanks,

Utpal

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Deepika54 

you can use scripted approvals

check this link which uses flow variable to handle this

Scripted Approvals in Flow Designer with Flow Variables 

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[Ankur Bawiskar]

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