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Select “Approval-SharePoint 2010” workflow, select it, make a copy and modify. I gave it a name, I left “Content Type” as “All”, edited the workflow and selected “Change behaviour of a single task”. Found “When a task completes” section, inserted my cursor between the 2 lines and inserted an Action called “Set Content Approval Status”.
How to change item approval status to pending?
After the workflow is finished, the Approval Status of the item changes to Pending. To work around this issue, disable automatic updating of the workflow status to the current stage name. To do this, follow these steps: Open the affected workflow in SharePoint Designer 2013.
Do you need content approval for submitted items in SharePoint?
In a Microsoft SharePoint Online library, the Require content approval for submitted items? option under Library Settings, Versioning settings is set to Yes. You run a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 workflow on an item that’s contained in the library.
When does the status of an item change in SharePoint?
Save the workflow, and then and publish it to the SharePoint website. The status of the item changes when the workflow is run and when the Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name is enabled for the workflow. This starts the approval process for the affected item.
When does workflow status change from pending to approved?
The workflow status will change its status to “Approved” after I approve it but the “Approval Status” still says pending. Library Settings\\Versioning Settings: Require content approval for submitted items? Yes Create Major and Minor (draft) versions Selected Only users who can approve items Selected
How does approval status change in Adobe Acrobat Pro?
Only the document published as a major version, then you can approve it as an approved document. Since you have choose “Changing an item will start this workflow”, it is an expected behavior when you click the ellipse and Approve the file, the Approval Status does change to Approved but the workflow goes back to In Progress.
Why did my workflow fail to update an item?
This workflow could not update the item, possibly because one or more columns require a different type of information. The workflow operation failed because the action requires the document to be checked out.