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[Syed Rizwan Rizvi]

Greetings from Bangkok,
I am building a PowerApps application which would implements a multi-step approval process which goes beyond what Power Automate can do such as approvers being able to provide multiple feedbacks and uploading additional files to an approval request. 
I need to find out approaches to a multi step approval without using Power Automate.
Can someone share a logical flow model or point to a resource where a flow logic is available to implement a multi-step. 
Thank you.
Rizwan.

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Syed Rizwan Rizvi
Finance and Budget Officer
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[Stefan Sauerländer]

Hi Rizwan,
I built an multi-level approval interface, patching the current approval status back to the record, when the approver selects one of the approval buttons on the top.

for example:

Set(varRecord, Patch(VCRequests, Gallery1.Selected, 
    {Outcome: "PS Approved",
     PSApprovalDate: Today(),
     ApprovalHistory: DataCardValue42.Text & Char(13) & "PS Approved" & " - " & User().FullName & " - " & Now()
    }
     ));
Select(btnRefresh);
VCPowerAppsApproval.Run(varRecord.ID, User().Email)

the last step actually triggers a flow, but just for sending out a notification mail, based on current request settings.

hth

Stefan

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Stefan Sauerländer
Business Analyst
Ratingen
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[Syed Rizwan Rizvi]

Hi Stefan,
Thank you. I am using a similar approach to Patch records.
The main issue is the my approvals fall in different categories and based on the category there could be from 2 to 7 levels of review/approvals required for a given request. I need to track how many reviews have been done and when all reviews are done I would mark the request as approved.
What would be a good tracking mechanism to see the number of steps required, at which step is the process in, what is the next step and when are all steps completed.
I hope that makes the requirement more clear.
Cheers.
Rizwan.?

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Syed Rizwan Rizvi
Finance and Budget Officer
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[Brian Scott]

Could you set up a list of categories and approvers and use that to drive the process? You could number the approvers and then just send to the next person on the list for that category. When you get to the end of the list you issue a final approval.

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Brian Scott
Chief Creative Officer
Concord NC
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[Syed Rizwan Rizvi]

Thanks ,
I used your approach and modified it a bit to get the desired implementation.
My flow requires a group of reviewers (up to 5) for every step in the process (multiple steps per category). The approval link is sent to all reviewers of that step and any one approving it would approve the step for the entire group.? 
What I have done is to create a Lookup list of all categories of approvals and record total number of steps, approval action (review or approve), and the group of reviewers/approvers for each step. In the requests list, I patch the total number of steps and record the current step for each request and send the link to the first group of approvers. When any one of them reviews/approves, I update the current step column and compare it against the total number of steps. If there is room for more steps, I do a Lookup in the list of categories to find what is the next step number and which group of reviewers/approvers get the link to process it.
This way I iterate through all steps required to complete the request and mark it as “Approved” when the last step is completed.
Thanks for the pointer.
Rizwan.

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Syed Rizwan Rizvi
Finance and Budget Officer
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[Syed Rizwan Rizvi]

Hi ,
Thanks for ?sharing those two video. Laura Rogers, Shane Young and Reza Durrani are my favorites and I keep watching their videos.
I have watched these videos as well but I could not find exactly what I am looking for.
I have elaborated a bit on the requirement above.
Thanks for your help.
Rizwan.

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Syed Rizwan Rizvi
Finance and Budget Officer
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[Brian Scott]

I would look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49O284deOAI
and also this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR46EYGQ0hA

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Brian Scott
Chief Creative Officer
Concord NC
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