Attachments for approval flows

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Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically - - This feature is released. Nov 22, 2019

Feature details

If you’ve wanted to attach files to an approval flow, perhaps you wanted to share a copy of a document without having to share a link, or you simply preferred file attachments, this feature is useful.

We are releasing a feature that passes files from a connector action to the approvals action step, so that you can share just enough information that’s needed.

Follow these steps to use this feature:

  1. Get an attachment via any connector that supports attachments.
  2. Use the attachment via dynamic content in any action that starts an approval.
  3. Run the flow.
  4. Go to the action center or your Microsoft Outlook inbox to see the approval request with the attachment.
  5. Download the attachment to review it.

From the Action Center in Power Automate portal

Approvals center

Let us take a closer look:

Respond

From your Outlook inbox

Email

In addition, we have added a setting that lets you configure if an approval can be reassigned.

You can learn more about how to use attachments.

See also

File attachments in Approval Flows (blog)