Document Library approval status column blank - not showing any status except in classic Hi, I have got a few document libraries with versioning turned on and well as checking in and out. In SharePoint of Office 365, I created a document library with Approval enabled. An Approval workflow is a SharePoint feature that routes a document or other item stored in a SharePoint list or library to one or more people for their approval or rejection. The workflow automates, streamlines, and standardizes the whole process. Now, we are done with ⦠If you want to see and manage this field, you can use the open source SharePoint ⦠Issue 2: Need to add back the Workflow column to the associated list. To format a Yes/No column with check marks see our other article Check Mark SharePoint Modern List Column Format. Then if select "Approval/Reject" option, it'll popup a window to select Approval or reject, and input Approval comments. Sure, no problem! However, in classic sharepoint it does show it. Note: If the request is pre-approved, the flow continues with these steps: Sends the request to the final approver. how can i resolve this? when on the library, however it does not display the status. Note: this solution is for Lists where Approval is enabled and the field is not a manually created field but maintained by the system so you can not ⦠Emails the final decision to the employee. To do that, add the below action and configure it. I am referring to a document library with Approval turned on, which obviously then automatically produces the [Approval Status] field. Here we will see first how we can enable/disable content approval in a SharePoint list or document library in SharePoint Online/2013/2016. Enable Content Approval in SharePoint List or Document Library. The same thing for Reject action and doesn't work. Specify âSharePoint-Update itemâ. In the fields, set the âApproved?â status column to Yes. I tried it out, I also works for me for approval of Sharepoint list items. Step-1. At the same time, we can do another action when the item is approved, and update back to the SharePoint List item with an approved status. This [Approval Status] field is the one i cannot change in a flow, and as far as others have posted, as of yet you cannot update the [Approval Status] with a flow. Hope someone can point me in ⦠First, we create a new column of type choice with available options of Green, Yellow, or Red. The column is just empty! This image summarizes the preceding ⦠Using the SharePoint connector - Set Content Approval Status action. Solution: Open the list in browser >> Workflow Settings >>Remove, Block or Restore a Workflow >> Remove all instances of the workflow that is not showing >> Open workflow in SPD >> Check that the workflow status column in Edit View Really helpful since microsoft has not implemented list items in "set content approval status". Newer SharePoint OOB Approval workflows created ⦠We'll actually do this outside of SharePoint Designer. The basic Approval workflow thatâs included with SharePoint products functions ⦠The approval comment is displayed in column of "Approver Comments". The Approval Status column is a system column which will be added to list when content approval is enabled in that list and the column is read only. To display the column formatting pane use the drop-down for the column you want to format and select Column settings -> Format this column. ⦠Updates the SharePoint Online list with the pre-approver's decision and comments. 3) However, all of a sudden, the "Approval" column that shows the outcome of workflow (like "In Progress", "Approved" etc) went blank for all documents! The Submit action works but when the action is set to Approve or Reject, the Flow runs without any errors but the Approval Status doesn't change to the Approved. Here's the steps: Open your web browser and navigate to the page the web part is ⦠But it doesn't display the name of ⦠If you are using a modern SharePoint list or library, click on the gear icon and then click on List ⦠4) And the task list item for that specific workflow just disappeared. Updates the SharePoint list with the final decision.