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| Software ==> | Power Automate (29 exercises) |
| Topic ==> | Approvals (2 exercises) |
| Level ==> | Average difficulty |
| Subject ==> | Power Automate training |
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Go to the To Do app and add a new to do list with a suitable name:

You can click on New list to create a new list.
When someone adds an item to your list, you want Power Automate to give an approver 3 options:
Option | What should happen |
|---|---|
Send an email giving the details of the task added to the to do list to yourself. | |
Delete | Delete the to do list item just added. |
Ignore | Don't do anything. |
Create a flow consisting of 3 parts to handle this:
Part | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Trigger | When a new to-do in a specific folder is created (V2) | Make sure you choose the Business flavour of this |
Approval action | Start and wait for an approval | Choose the approval type as Custom Responses |
Responding to approval | Switch | Add actions for each of the 3 possible conditions |
Here's what your final flow might look like:

Obviously there are lots of variations you could make on this!
Add tasks to your to do list and check each of the 3 possible paths works, then decide whether the To Do app is for you or not.
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