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Respond to a Power Automate Flow Approval in a Power Apps Custom Page or Canvas App

Respond to a Power Automate Flow Approval in a Power Apps Custom Page or Canvas App
How to respond to Power Automate approval requests directly within a Power Apps custom page or canvas app, rather than email buttons or in Microsoft Teams. By capturing the Approval ID when creating an approval and storing it in Dataverse, you can retrieve, display, and act on approval requests inside your app experience. This app-driven method gives you much greater control over the user experience, enabling custom UI, validation (like mandatory comments), and tighter integration with Dynamics 365. It also opens the door to richer scenarios such as surfacing approval history, triggering downstream automations, and embedding approvals seamlessly into model-driven or canvas app workflows.

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Articles - Amey Holden | ABC Enthusiast & Power Platform Specialist
Articles - Amey Holden | ABC Enthusiast & Power Platform Specialist

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