Working with sequential approvals

A sequential approval is an approval scenario requiring various stages of approval before a final approver can accept or reject it. Common scenarios include expense reports or vacation requests where an immediate manager approves an item, which is then routed to a second-level manager.

An example sequential approval sequence is shown in Figure 10.1:

Figure 10.1: Sequential approval

The figure depicts this order of events:

1. The user adds an item to a SharePoint list.
2. Power Automate, which is configured to use a new item appearing on the list as a trigger, initiates the approval flow and sends the approval request to the first approver.
3. The first approver responds to the request (either Approves or Rejects).
4. The Power Automate flow processes the approval answer. However, unlike a single approval ending the flow, Power Automate instead starts the second stage (or final stage) of the approval.
5. The second...