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THERE'S MY EMAIL ADDRESS. WHEN I 

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GO TO A LOT OF EVENTS LIKE THIS, 

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THE OTHER SPEAKERS POINT AND LAUGH 

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AT ME SOMETIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE 

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MORE FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER THAN I 

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DO, SO PLEASE FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER. 

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MY BLOG, WHICH NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, 

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WILL BE UPDATED THIS WEEK. FEEL 

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FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME WITH ANY 

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QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. BEFORE 

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WE GET STARTED, HOW MANY OF YOU 

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HAVE BEEN TO THE FLOW COMMUNITY 

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SITE? POWER USERS? A FEW OF YOU. 

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN YOU HAVE 

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FLOW QUESTIONS, THIS IS WHERE YOU 

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GO. I WOULD EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO 

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SAY POST YOUR QUESTIONS HERE UNLESS 

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THEY'RE CONFIDENTIAL BEFORE YOU 

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EMAIL ME. THE FLOW COMMUNITY SITE 

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IS AN AWESOME PLACE. YOUR QUESTION 

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WILL GET ANSWERED WITHIN SIX TO 

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EIGHT HOURS AND A LOT OF TIMES A 

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LOT QUICKER THAN THAT. THERE'S A 

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COUPLE FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND ACTIVE 

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USERS. I MONITOR THIS CONSTANTLY 

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MUCH MORE THAN I SHOULD. THIS IS 

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MY HOBBY. SOME GUYS GOLF. SOME GUYS 

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PLAY WITH CARS. I MONITOR THE FLOW 

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COMMUNITY SITE, AND I ANSWER QUESTIONS 

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THERE. I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY ON 

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THE BUS COMING IN YESTERDAY I ANSWERED 

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A QUESTION ON THE FLOW COMMUNITY 

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SITE ON MY PHONE WHILE I WAS ON 

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THE BUS. MICROSOFT ACTUALLY PAYS 

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PEOPLE TO MONITOR AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 

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ON THE FLOW COMMUNITY SITE. YOU'LL 

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SEE THEM -- MSFT AFTER THEIR NAMES. 

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HONESTLY, THIS IS THE BEST RESOURCE 

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OUT THERE FOR QUESTIONS. IF YOU'RE 

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HUNTING FOR A PLACE TO GO, YOU HAVE 

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FALLEN AND YOU CAN'T GET UP, ASK 

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YOUR QUESTION HERE. THERE'S NO QUESTION 

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TOO BASIC. THERE'S NO QUESTION TOO 

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ADVANCED. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S WHAT 

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WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. FLOW 

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APPROVAL S. AND I'M GOING TO START 

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OUT WITH A VERY SIMPLE APPROVAL. 

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THEN EVERYTHING WE DO PAST THAT 

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IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THAT VERY 

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SIMPLE APPROVAL, WHICH I'LL BUILD 

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IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. I'M GOING 

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TO SHOW YOU ONE OTHER TYPE APPROVAL 

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BEFORE WE GO INTO THE MODERATE APPROVALS 

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FIRST. WE'LL TALK ABOUT APPROVAL 

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ESCALATIONS. I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO 

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SEND A REMINDER EMAIL. WE'LL HAVE 

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JUST A COUPLE SLIDES, AND THEN WE'RE 

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DONE WITH THE SLIDES. BEFORE WE 

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TALK ABOUT THE FORMAT APPROVAL ENGINE, 

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THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I THINK 

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YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT. LET'S JUST 

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GET RID OF THE SLIDES. WE DON'T 

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NEED THEM. WHO WANTS TO WATCH SLIDES? 

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I AM GOING TO COME IN HERE, AND 

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I'M GOING TO CREATE A NEW FLOW. 

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IT WILL BE -- I'M GOING TO USE SHAREPOINT 

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AS MY EXAMPLE HERE. WHEN AN ITEM 

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IS CREATED, I'VE GOT TO SELECT THE 

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SITE. AND I'VE GOT TO SELECT THE 

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LIST. SEND AN EMAIL WITH OPTIONS. 

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SEND AN EMAIL WITH OPTIONS. NOW 

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THE PURPOSES OF THIS IS IT IS MUCH 

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LIKE AN APPROVAL. AS A MATTER OF 

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FACT BEFORE WE HAD THE APPROVAL 

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ENGINE, THIS IS HOW YOU DID APPROVALS 

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IN FLOW. WHAT THIS WILL DO IS SEND 

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AN EMAIL OUT WITH A COUPLE OF BUTTONS 

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ON IT. YOU DEFINE WHAT THOSE BUTTONS 

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ARE. IT CAN SAY APPROVE/REJECT, 

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YES/NO/MAYBE. WHATEVER YOU WANT 

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TO DO ON THE BUTTONS, YOU CAN PUT 

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ON THE BUTTONS. AND THE FLOW IS 

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GOING TO PAUSE UNTIL SOMEBODY CLICKS 

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THE BUTTON. I'M GOING TO SEND AN 

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EMAIL TO MYSELF HERE. THERE WE GO. 

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I'LL SAY DEMO. I'LL JUST SAY DEMO 

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OPTIONS. I'LL COME DOWN HERE, AND 

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WE'LL HAVE THREE CHOICES WITH COMMAS 

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IN BETWEEN. I'LL SAY YES/NO/MAYBE. 

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ALL RIGHT. I CAN THEN HAVE AN "IF" 

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STATEMENT IN HERE. IN THIS CASE, 

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IT MIGHT BE A SWITCH STATEMENT, 

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BUT JUST TO ILLUSTRATE I'M GOING 

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TO DO A CONDITION. AND I WILL SAY, 

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"IF THE SELECTED OPTION IS EQUAL 

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TO YES, THEN IT WILL FALL TO THE 

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YES SIDE. " I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE 

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THE OPTIONS. LET'S CALL THIS "DEMO 

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OPTIONS. " ALL RIGHT. NOW, THE IDEA 

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OF THIS IS YOU DON'T NEED THE WHOLE 

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BIG INFRASTRUCTURE OF AN APPROVAL. 

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YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING SIMPLE, 

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SO LET ME GO OVER TO MY LIST NOW. 

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COME OVER HERE. THAT'S THE RIGHT 

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SITE. WE'LL COME TO MY WIDGET REQUEST 

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LIST AND TEST THIS OUT. LET'S GO 

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TO SITE CONTENTS, BUDGET REQUEST 

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LIST, AND CREATE A NEW ITEM. I'LL 

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CALL THIS TEST OPTION, AND I'LL 

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SAY "SAVE. " IF I COME BACK HERE, 

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I SAVED THIS. I BELIEVE I SAVED 

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IT. WE COME BACK HERE, AND YOU SHOULD 

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SEE THE FLOW SHOULD BE RUNNING. 

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AND IT SHOULD BE PAUSED AS WELL. 

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YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS RUNNING. 

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THE FLOW IS PAUSED. LET ME GO OVER 

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TO MY OUTLOOK AND TAKE A LOOK AT 

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WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. HERE'S MY 

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DEMO OPTIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE OR 

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WILL SEE IN HERE I'VE GOT THREE 

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ACTIONABLE BUTTONS THAT I CAN PRESS. 

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ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY YES. 

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AND IF I COME BACK TO MY FLOW, YOU'LL 

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SEE THAT MY FLOW MOMENTARILY WILL 

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COMPLETE SUCCESSFULLY. YOU'LL SEE 

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IT WAS YES AND IT WAS TRUE AND IT 

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FELL INTO THE YES. IF YOU DON'T 

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NEED THE BIG APPROVAL ENGINE OR 

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WANT TO DEFINE YOUR OWN BUTTONS 

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AND YOU DON'T HAVE A PREMIUM LICENSE, 

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THIS IS AN OPTION FOR YOU. ANY QUESTIONS 

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ON THIS SO FAR? YEAH, IN THE BACK. 

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TO RESPOND TO THIS -- THAT'S A GOOD 

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QUESTION. I WANT TO SAY NO, BUT 

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SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL GIVE YOU 

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A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. I DON'T SEE 

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ANY REASON WHY IT COULDN'T BE, BUT 

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SEND ME AN EMAIL AND I'LL CONFIRM 

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THAT. LET'S GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT 

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THE REAL REASON WE CAME HERE, AND 

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THAT IS THE APPROVAL ENGINE. LET'S 

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LOOK AT MY WIDGET REQUEST LIST AGAIN. 

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I HAVE A LIST WITH A TITLE, CONTENT, 

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COLOR, APPROVAL, ET CETERA. I'M 

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GOING TO GO CREATE A VERY SIMPLE 

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APPROVAL. I'LL SAY "NEW. " DO ANY 

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OF YOU LIKE THIS "NEW" IN YOUR FACE 

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HERE? ANYBODY SEE THIS YET? IT IS 

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TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT. I ALWAYS 

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SKIP PAST IT AND JUST DO IT MYSELF. 

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I'M GOING TO GO HERE TO SHAREPOINT 

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AGAIN. AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THAT 

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LIST AGAIN. WE WILL GO TO MBAS. 

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WE'LL GO TO THAT LIST. MY WIDGET 

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REQUEST LIST. THIS TIME, WE ARE 

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GOING TO USE THE APPROVAL ENGINE, 

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BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO 

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KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE THE APPROVER. 

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WHO ARE WE GOING TO SEND THIS APPROVAL 

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TO? WELL, LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT. 

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I AM GOING TO FIND AN OFFICE 365 

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USER ACTION, SO I'M GOING TO USE 

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OFFICE 365 USERS. HIT THE WRONG 

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THING THERE. LET'S TRY IT AGAIN, 

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SCOTT. OFFICE 365. SHOULD HAVE LEARNED 

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HOW TO KEYBOARD BETTER. OFFICE 365 

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USERS RIGHT THERE, AND THE ACTION 

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WE WANT IS GET MANAGER. IT WILL 

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GET INFORMATION ON THE MANAGER OF 

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WHOEVER YOU WANT. NOW WHO DO WE 

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WANT? IN THIS CASE, I'M GOING TO 

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GRAB THE MANAGER OF THE INDIVIDUAL 

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THAT CREATED THAT ITEM, SO THE MANAGER 

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OF THE PERSON THAT SUBMITTED THE 

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-- NEEDS THE APPROVAL. NOW WE KNOW 

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WHO WILL APPROVE IT, LET'S START 

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OUR APPROVAL. I WILL FIND THE APPROVALS 

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RIGHT THERE. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT 

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TYPES OF APPROVALS. THE MOST COMMON 

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ONE AND THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO DEAL 

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WITH IS START AND WAIT FOR AN APPROVAL. 

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WE'LL SELECT THAT. I NEED TO TELL 

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IT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OFF, 

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I CAN HAVE THIS CONFIGURED SO THAT 

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EVERYONE HAS TO APPROVE OR THE FIRST 

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GUY TO APPROVE WINS. NOW DOWN BELOW 

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YOU SEE WHERE I CAN CREATE CUSTOM 

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RESPONSES. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE 

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A PREMIUM FLOW LICENSE? ALL RIGHT. 

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THIS IS A PREMIUM FEATURE. IF YOU 

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HAVE THE STANDARD OFFICE 365 LICENSE, 

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YOU CAN USE APPROVALS THAT YOU WON'T 

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BE ABLE TO USE THE CUSTOM RESPONSES, 

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SO I'M GOING TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT 

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RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO KEEP IT 

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SIMPLE AND SAY, FIRST TO RESPOND. 

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THEN IT WANTS A LITTLE INFORMATION 

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IN HERE. GIVE IT THE TITLE OF WIDGET 

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REQUEST. AND I USUALLY SAY WIDGET 

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REQUEST FOR WHATEVER IT IS. WHO 

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IS THIS ASSIGNED TO? I'M GOING TO 

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USE THE EMAIL ADDRESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S 

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MANAGER. I CAN PUT MORE INFORMATION 

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IN HERE. NOW, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO 

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SEE IN THE BACK. IT SAYS THAT MARK 

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DOWN IS SUPPORTED. MARK DOWN IS 

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A FORMATTING -- I HESITATE TO CALL 

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IT A LANGUAGE, BUT IT IS A WAY TO 

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FORMAT TEXT. IF YOU JUST DO A SEARCH 

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FOR A MARK DOWN, YOU'LL FIND THE 

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SYNTAX ON THAT. BUT IN MANY I CASE 

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RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, 

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"PLEASE ACT ON THIS ASAP. " AND 

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I COULD GO OVER AND REFERENCE ITEMS 

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FROM DYNAMIC PROPERTIES, ET CETERA. 

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I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME DOING 

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THAT. I CAN PUT A LINK TO THE ITEM 

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IN HERE. IF I SCROLL DOWN HERE -- 

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OH, BY THE WAY, YOU SEE HOW I'M 

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SCROLLING OVER THERE? IF I JUST 

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COME OVER HERE AND TYPE LINK, IT'S 

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GOING TO SAVE YOU A GOOD DEAL OF 

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TIME. RATHER THAN SCROLLING DOWN 

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THROUGH EACH ONE, TRYING TO FIND 

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IT, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF 

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ACTIONS IN THERE, IT IS GOING TO 

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GET VERY LONG, SO GET IN THE HABIT 

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OF STARTING TO DO THE SEARCH. I 

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WILL SAY FOR THE DESCRIPTION, LINK 

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TO REQUEST. OKAY. WHEN THE FLOW 

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STARTS AND IT RUNS, IT'S GOING TO 

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PAUSE ON THIS APPROVAL UNTIL ACTION 

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IS TAKEN ON THE APPROVAL. NOW, AFTER 

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ACTION IS TAKEN, WE NEED TO KNOW 

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WHAT TO DO, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 

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A CONDITION IN HERE. AND WHAT I 

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WANT TO EVALUATE IS THE OUTCOME. 

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I WANT TO EVALUATE THE OUTCOME FROM 

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DYNAMIC PROPERTIES. IF YOU HAVE 

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OUTCOME IS EQUAL TO APPROVE -- AS 

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I SAID, I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON 

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THE FLOW COMMUNITY SITE, SEEING 

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THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE COMMONLY 

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ASK. NOW, ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, SOMEBODY 

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WILL SAY, MY APPROVAL, I CAN NEVER 

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GET IT TO WORK RIGHT. THE CONDITION 

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NEVER WORKS THE WAY I WANT IT TO 

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WORK. THE REASON IS WHEN THEY COME 

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TO DO THIS CONDITION, THEY PUT, 

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"IF OUTCOME IS EQUAL TO APPROVED 

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WITH A "D" -- THIS MATCHES THE BUTTONS 

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THAT YOU HAVE. THE BUTTONS SAY APPROVE/REJECT. 

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IT DOESN'T SAY APPROVED, REJECTED. 

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IT SAYS APPROVE/REJECT. YOU HAVE 

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TO BE SURE YOU DON'T PUT APPROVED. 

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YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT APPROVE OR 

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REJECT, WHATEVER YOUR CONDITION 

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IS. IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN LET'S 

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UPDATE OUR SHAREPOINT LIST. I WON'T 

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DO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE IT WILL 

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BE EXACTLY THE SAME, SO I WILL SAY 

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UPDATE. UPDATE ITEM. AND I'LL GO 

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THROUGH THIS ONE MORE TIME. BY THE 

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WAY, NORMALLY, I WOULD DO THIS AND 

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I WOULD COME OVER TO THE NO SIDE 

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AND DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING THERE. 

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EXCEPT IT WAS REJECTED RATHER THAN 

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APPROVED. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO 

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THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO REASON TO 

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BORE YOU WITH THAT. BUT MY POINT 

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IS THAT APPARENTLY I'M TOLD BY THE 

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END OF THIS MONTH WE SHOULD HAVE 

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COPY/PASTE CAPABILITY WITHIN FLOW. 

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THAT'S WHAT STEVE ON THE TEAM WAS 

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SAYING YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY AND 

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THE DAY BEFORE, SO HELP IS ON THE 

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WAY FOR THIS TYPE OF THING. I'M 

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GOING TO GO MBAS. LAST TIME WE WILL 

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GO HERE TO MY WIDGET REQUEST LIST. 

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AND I WANT TO UPDATE THIS ITEM. 

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IT IS A SHAREPOINT LIST. ANYTHING 

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THAT IS REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 

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NOT BEING UPDATED, I HAVE TO PROVIDE 

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A VALUE. I WILL SIMPLY CHANGE THIS 

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TO APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. WHAT TIME 

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IS IT? HOW LONG ARE WE INTO THIS? 

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WHAT ABOUT, 10 TO 15 MINUTES? IT 

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TOOK TEN MINUTES FOR ME TO DO THIS. 

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THIS IS A TOTALLY REASONABLE APPROVAL. 

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IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG, AND IT'S NOT 

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HARD. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS 

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EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, EVERY 

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PERMUTATION OF APPROVALS ALL COMES 

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BACK TO THIS. IF YOU UNDERSTAND 

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THIS, THE REST IS REASONABLY EASY. 

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LET'S TEST IT OUT ONE TIME. I'M 

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GOING TO SAY -- LET'S CALL THIS 

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-- WHAT DAY IS TODAY, TUESDAY? APPROVAL. 

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AND I'M GOING TO SAVE IT. LET'S 

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SEE HOW THE APPROVALS WORK. LET'S 

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GO BACK HERE, AND THEN I WILL SCROLL 

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THROUGH MY WIDGET REQUEST LIST AGAIN. 

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LET'S START A NEW WIDGET REQUEST. 

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I'LL SAY, TEST 200. I NEED 55, AND 

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I'LL SELECT A COLOR OF BLUE. I'LL 

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SAVE THE RECORD. NOW, IN A PERFECT 

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WORLD, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS RUNNING 

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IMMEDIATELY. LET'S GIVE IT A SECOND. 

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I'M GOING TO DO IT ONE MORE TIME. 

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THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT FLOW 

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HAS TO CHECK PERIODICALLY TO SEE 

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IF THERE'S ANY -- IT WON'T RUN IMMEDIATELY. 

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IT WILL RUN EVERY FEW MINUTES. LET'S 

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COME DOWN HERE. SAVE IT AGAIN JUST 

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IN CASE THAT WASN'T AND TRY IT AGAIN. 

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS 

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IN A MOMENT. JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK, 

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WE DID DO THIS ON OUR WIDGET REQUEST 

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LIST. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GIVE IT ONE 

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MORE SECOND HERE. THEN WE'LL COME 

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BACK TO IT. I DON'T WANT TO WASTE 

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TIME, BUT WE WILL COME BACK TO THIS. 

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COME ON. HELP ME OUT. WHAT YOU WILL 

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SEE IN A MOMENT IS THAT WE'RE GOING 

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TO WATCH THE FLOW RUN, BUT I'M GOING 

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TO MOVE AWAY FROM THIS FOR A MOMENT 

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AND SHOW YOU A SECOND TYPE OF APPROVAL. 

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NOW, WHAT IF YOU WANTED MORE THAN 

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ONE APPROVAL? IN OTHER WORDS, THERE 

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WAS A SCENARIO WHERE YOU WANTED 

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TO HAVE ONE APPROVAL, THEN A SECOND 

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APPROVER. IT IS SIMPLE. HERE'S A 

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COPY OF THE FLOW THAT WE JUST CREATED. 

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IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO A SECOND APPROVAL, 

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ALL I'M GOING TO DO IS THIS. RIGHT 

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HERE, BELOW THE FIRST APPROVAL, 

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I'M GOING TO ADD A CONDITION. AND 

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MY CONDITION WILL BE "IF THE OUTCOME 

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IS EQUAL TO APPROVE, THEN I WILL 

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COME DOWN HERE AND ADD ANOTHER APPROVAL 

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ACTION. " HERE WE GO. APPROVALS. 

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START AND WAIT FOR APPROVAL, ET 

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CETERA. THEN MY CONDITION HERE. 

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I CAN TAKE THIS CONDITION AND WRAP 

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IT UNDER HERE . THEN I WOULD BE 

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REFERENCING THE OUTCOME OF THE SECOND 

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ONE. DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M GOING 

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HERE? ALL I DID WAS START WITH A 

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REGULAR APPROVAL. IF THAT WAS APPROVED, 

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THEN FINE. LET'S GO ON AND START 

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A SECOND APPROVAL. AND IF NOT, OVER 

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ON THIS SIDE RIGHT THERE, I WOULD 

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ADD SOMETHING LIKE -- I WOULD UPDATE 

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MY SHAREPOINT ITEM WITH WHATEVER 

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DATA SOURCE I'M USING, SAYING THIS 

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HAS BEEN REJECTED, AND PROBABLY 

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SEND AN EMAIL TO WHOEVER REQUESTED 

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THE EMAIL. THE CONCEPT OF SEQUENTIAL 

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APR APPROVALS ARE VERY, VERY SIMPLE. 

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IF THE FIRST ONE WAS APPROVED, LET'S 

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MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ONE. I CAN 

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PUT AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION IN HERE. 

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WELL, IF THE FIRST ONE WAS APPROVED 

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AND THE AMOUNT WAS OVER $500, THEN 

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WE NEED A SECOND APPROVAL. OTHERWISE, 

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ALL WE NEED IS THE FIRST APPROVAL, 

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SO I CAN PUT THAT TYPE OF LOGIC 

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IN THERE IF I WANT, BUT STILL IT 

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COMES DOWN TO THE BASIC FACT WE'VE 

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GOT TWO SIMPLE APPROVALS STACKED 

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ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER. THERE'S SOME 

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LOGIC IN THERE TO DICTATE WHETHER 

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OR NOT THE SECOND APPROVAL IS GOING 

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TO RUN. ARE YOU WITH ME ON THIS? 

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OKAY. QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL 

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COME BACK HERE FOR A SECOND. I'M 

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NOT GOING TO SAVE THIS. BECAUSE 

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I JUST WANTED TO DO IT FOR DEMO 

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PURPOSES. THEN WE COME BACK HERE. 

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I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS NOT RUNNING, 

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SO HERE'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. 

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EXCUSE ME. I HAVE MY STANDARD APPROVAL 

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IF HERE. AND I'M GOING TO ACTIVATE 

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IT AND CREATE A NEW ITEM HERE BECAUSE 

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I REALLY WANT YOU TO SEE THIS RUN 

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AND SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE. WE'LL 

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CALL THIS TEST 300. COME ON. TRY 

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THIS ONE MORE TIME. LET'S COME BACK 

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OVER HERE TO MANAGE OUR FLOWS. LET'S 

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SEE IF THIS IS RUNNING. OKAY. OH, 

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I SEE WHAT HAPPENED. HERE YOU SEE 

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AN APPROVAL IS RUNNING, AND YOU 

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CAN SEE THAT IT IS PAUSED IN HERE. 

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IF I COME OVER TO MY MANAGER'S EMAIL 

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AND I HAVE THAT UP HERE IN MY SECOND 

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DESKTOP, IF I COME OVER TO MY EMAIL 

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HERE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE 

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AN APPROVAL EMAIL. FROM HERE, I 

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CAN APPROVE OR REJECT. ONCE AGAIN, 

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UNLESS YOU HAVE A PREMIUM LICENSE, 

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IT IS GOING TO BE APPROVE OR REJECT. 

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YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT. THE DIFFERENCE 

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BETWEEN THIS AND WHAT WE SAW BEFORE 

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WITH THAT SIMPLE SEND EMAIL WITH 

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OPTIONS IS THIS. IF I APPROVE IT, 

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I CAN ALSO PROVIDE A REASON. I CAN 

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PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INPUT HERE ALL 

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WITHIN MY EMAIL. AND BY THE WAY, 

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IF THE MANAGER HAD THE FLOW APP 

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ON THEIR PHONE, THEY COULD TAKE 

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OUT THEIR PHONE. THEY COULD APPROVE 

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IT DIRECTLY FROM THEIR PHONE. AND 

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FURTHERMORE, IF THE MANAGER GOES 

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TO THE FLOW SITE ITSELF, THEY WILL 

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SEE APPROVALS STACKED UP FOR THEM 

416
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THERE JUST LIKE THIS. ALL RIGHT. 

417
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LET'S COME BACK HERE TO MY EMAIL. 

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I WILL SAY, OKAY WITH ME. AND SUBMIT 

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THIS. WE HAD A BUNCH OF APPROVALS 

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RUNNING THERE. NOW IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED. 

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LET'S GO BACK OVER HERE. ONE OF 

422
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THESE APPROVALS WOULD HAVE -- HERE 

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WE GO. THAT'S THE ONE WE USED RIGHT 

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THERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SUCCEEDED, 

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ET CETERA, AND THE LIST ITEM WOULD 

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BE UPDATED. ALL RIGHT. ONE OTHER 

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THING. YES, SIR? >> WHERE DID THE 

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COMMENT GO? >> THE COMMENT IS THIS. 

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I WILL COME HERE AND I WILL EDIT 

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IT. WHEN I UPDATED THE ITEM, I COULD 

431
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HAVE GRABBED THE COMMENT IN HERE. 

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ACTUALLY IN THIS EXAMPLE, I DID. 

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I SAID WHAT I'M PICKING FROM DYNAMIC 

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PROPERTIES IS THE RESPONSES FOR 

435
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THE APPROVAL AND THE RESPONSES COMMENTS 

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BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THERE COULD 

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BE MORE THAN ONE APPROVAL. THAT'S 

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WHY YOU NOTICE IT APPLYING TO EACH 

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ACTION. >> IS IT IN THE SHAREPOINT 

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LIST NOW? >> IT SHOULD BE. WHEN 

441
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WE COME BACK HERE -- I'M NOT SURE 

442
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WHICH ONE THIS WAS OPERATING ON, 

443
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BUT IF YOU LOOK HERE, YOU'LL NOTICE 

444
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THAT IT IS UPDATED IN THE SHAREPOINT 

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LIST. BUT IT GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING 

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BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THERE COULD 

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BE MORE THAN ONE APPROVAL. AS SOON 

448
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AS I REFERENCED THAT RESPONSES, 

449
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IT AUTOMATICALLY PUTS IT IN. EVEN 

450
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THOUGH WE HAVE ONE, THERE COULD 

451
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BE MORE THAN ONE, SO FLOW PUTS YOU 

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INTO A LOOP. IT'S ONLY GOING TO 

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LOOP ONE TIME. YES, SIR? >> YES. 

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I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S AN ISSUE 

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ANYMORE. LET ME TURN THIS OFF SO 

456
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WE DON'T END UP WITH A WHOLE BUNCH 

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OF LOOPHOLES AGAIN. NEXT THING I 

458
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WANT TO POINT OUT -- LET'S DIVERT 

459
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A LITTLE BIT HERE. WHAT IF THE APPROVAL 

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IS OUT OF THE OFFICE? WE KNOW WHO 

461
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THE APPROVER IS -- YES, QUESTION. 

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TECHNICALLY THERE IS, BUT THAT'S 

463
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GOING TO BE YOUR OWN LOGIC. IT WOULD 

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BE DIFFICULT TO DO SO. IT DEPENDS 

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ON THE SYSTEM YOU'RE COMING FROM. 

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THROUGH THE SHAREPOINT INTERFACE 

467
00:24:48.031 --> 00:24:51.153
I HAVE NO OUT-OF-THE-BOX WAY OF 

468
00:24:51.153 --> 00:24:53.391
SELECTING MULTIPLE ITEMS AND EXECUTING 

469
00:24:53.391 --> 00:24:56.965
THE FLOW ON THIS. RIGHT? IF I WANTED 

470
00:24:56.965 --> 00:24:59.404
TO WRITE SOME CUSTOM CODE AND APPROACH 

471
00:24:59.404 --> 00:25:01.537
IT THAT WAY, YEAH. UNDERSTAND THAT 

472
00:25:01.537 --> 00:25:03.647
FLOW DOESN'T CARE. FLOW DOESN'T 

473
00:25:03.647 --> 00:25:06.433
CARE IF IT'S ONE ITEM OR 50 ITEMS. 

474
00:25:06.433 --> 00:25:09.139
FLOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 

475
00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:11.170
DATA SOURCE. EXCUSE ME, THE APPROVAL 

476
00:25:11.170 --> 00:25:13.037
PART I SHOULD SAY. HAS NOTHING TO 

477
00:25:13.037 --> 00:25:15.550
DO WITH THE DATA SOURCE. IT'S JUST 

478
00:25:15.550 --> 00:25:17.573
SAYING, OKAY, GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION, 

479
00:25:17.573 --> 00:25:18.696
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHETHER 

480
00:25:18.696 --> 00:25:20.381
OR NOT YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT. AND 

481
00:25:20.381 --> 00:25:23.460
IN HERE, I'LL GIVE YOU A LINK TO 

482
00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.409
SOMETHING. THAT SOMETHING COULD 

483
00:25:24.409 --> 00:25:27.500
BE ANYWHERE. IT COULD BE ONE ITEM. 

484
00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:30.427
IT COULD BE 20 ITEMS. THE CHALLENGE 

485
00:25:30.427 --> 00:25:32.296
IS, HOW AM I GOING TO GROUP THOSE 

486
00:25:32.296 --> 00:25:34.540
ITEMS TO START THIS FLOW ON? AND 

487
00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:36.825
THERE'S NO OUT-OF-THE-BOX METHOD 

488
00:25:36.825 --> 00:25:39.956
TO DO THAT. THAT SAID, IF YOU WANTED 

489
00:25:39.956 --> 00:25:43.805
TO GET REAL DIRTY ON THE DEVELOPMENT 

490
00:25:43.805 --> 00:25:47.089
SIDE IN SHAREPOINT IN PARTICULAR, 

491
00:25:47.089 --> 00:25:48.752
THERE'S A WAY TO GROUP THOSE. THERE'S 

492
00:25:48.752 --> 00:25:51.285
A URL TO EXECUTE THE FLOW. THERE 

493
00:25:51.285 --> 00:25:54.272
IS A WAY TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S GOING 

494
00:25:54.272 --> 00:25:57.628
TO REQUIRE CUSTOM CODE. AM I MAKING 

495
00:25:57.628 --> 00:25:59.460
SENSE? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE 

496
00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:03.632
A LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE HERE. THAT 

497
00:26:03.632 --> 00:26:08.542
WILL BE OUR -- EXCUSE ME. WE TALKED 

498
00:26:08.542 --> 00:26:11.408
ABOUT THE APPROVERS OUT OF THE OFFICE. 

499
00:26:11.408 --> 00:26:13.372
NO, WE DIDN'T. LET'S TAKE A LOOK 

500
00:26:13.372 --> 00:26:17.101
AT THAT NOW. WHERE IS MY OUT OF 

501
00:26:17.101 --> 00:26:19.747
THE OFFICE EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE? I 

502
00:26:19.747 --> 00:26:23.258
KEEP COMING BACK FOR A REASON TO 

503
00:26:23.258 --> 00:26:24.790
A FLOW THAT IS -- IT IS ALL THE 

504
00:26:24.790 --> 00:26:27.667
SAME THING. IT'S ALL JUST AN APPROVAL, 

505
00:26:27.667 --> 00:26:32.994
AND IT IS VARIATIONS ON A THEME. 

506
00:26:32.994 --> 00:26:38.063
HERE -- WHEN AN ITEM IS CREATED, 

507
00:26:38.063 --> 00:26:40.099
WE HAVE GET MANAGER AND START AND 

508
00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:42.439
WAIT FOR APPROVAL. THOSE ELEMENTS 

509
00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:44.441
ARE STILL THERE, BUT TO THIS ONE, 

510
00:26:44.441 --> 00:26:46.890
I HAVE ADDED A FEW THINGS. I ADDED 

511
00:26:46.890 --> 00:26:48.297
A VARIABLE UP HERE THAT IS THE VARIABLE 

512
00:26:48.297 --> 00:26:52.083
TO STORE THE APPROVER IN. IT'S A 

513
00:26:52.083 --> 00:26:55.636
STRING VARIABLE. I DO MY GET MANAGER 

514
00:26:55.636 --> 00:26:58.807
AGAIN. I'M USING AN OFFICE 365 OUTLOOK 

515
00:26:58.807 --> 00:27:03.102
ACTION CALLED "GET MAIL TIPS. " 

516
00:27:03.102 --> 00:27:07.645
"GET MAIL TIPS" FOR A MAILBOX. I 

517
00:27:07.645 --> 00:27:11.738
CAN GET INFORMATION ON ANYONE, BASIC 

518
00:27:11.738 --> 00:27:13.893
INFORMATION ON ANYONE WHO HAS EMAIL. 

519
00:27:13.893 --> 00:27:18.087
IN THIS CASE, WHAT I'M GETTING INFORMATION 

520
00:27:18.087 --> 00:27:20.951
ON IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE AN 

521
00:27:20.951 --> 00:27:25.661
OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE. IF THE INDIVIDUAL 

522
00:27:25.661 --> 00:27:28.170
THAT IS OUT OF THE OFFICE -- YOU 

523
00:27:28.170 --> 00:27:30.301
DON'T WANT TO SEND APPROVAL TO THEM. 

524
00:27:30.301 --> 00:27:32.626
YOU WANT TO SEND IT TO SOMEBODY 

525
00:27:32.626 --> 00:27:35.016
ELSE. THAT'S THE INTENT HERE. ONCE 

526
00:27:35.016 --> 00:27:37.769
AGAIN, WE STARTED TO TALK WITH OUR 

527
00:27:37.769 --> 00:27:39.448
TRIGGER. WE INITIALIZE OUR VARIABLE. 

528
00:27:39.448 --> 00:27:41.291
THEN WE GET THE MANAGER. ONCE WE 

529
00:27:41.291 --> 00:27:44.781
KNOW WHO THE MANAGER IS, WE GET 

530
00:27:44.781 --> 00:27:46.283
THE OUT OF OFFICE MESSAGE, AND WE'LL 

531
00:27:46.283 --> 00:27:48.142
DO THAT RIGHT HERE. WE'RE GETTING 

532
00:27:48.142 --> 00:27:52.070
THE MAIL TIPS FROM THE MANAGER. 

533
00:27:52.070 --> 00:27:54.542
EXCUSE ME. IN MY CONDITION, I'M 

534
00:27:54.542 --> 00:27:57.920
CHECKING TO SEE IF THE MESSAGE IS 

535
00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.209
NULL. IS THERE AN OUT OF OFFICE 

536
00:28:00.209 --> 00:28:02.329
MESSAGE OR NOT? LET ME GET RID OF 

537
00:28:02.329 --> 00:28:04.944
THIS, AND I'LL GO OVER AND YOU'LL 

538
00:28:04.944 --> 00:28:07.482
SEE HERE IN DYNAMIC PROPERTIES "MAIL 

539
00:28:07.482 --> 00:28:10.050
TIPS. " I GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION. 

540
00:28:10.050 --> 00:28:11.967
ONE OF THE THINGS I CAN GET IS THE 

541
00:28:11.967 --> 00:28:14.182
MESSAGE. IF THE MESSAGE IS NULL, 

542
00:28:14.182 --> 00:28:15.873
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE IS NO OUT 

543
00:28:15.873 --> 00:28:19.726
OF OFFICE MESSAGE, THAT MEANS THAT 

544
00:28:19.726 --> 00:28:21.372
OUR MANAGER IS IN AND THEREFORE 

545
00:28:21.372 --> 00:28:24.683
I'M SETTING MY VARIABLE TO THE MANAGER'S 

546
00:28:24.683 --> 00:28:28.001
EMAIL. IF NOT, I'M SETTING THAT 

547
00:28:28.001 --> 00:28:29.880
VARIABLE -- I'VE HARD CODED AN EMAIL 

548
00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:31.624
ADDRESS IN HERE, BUT THERE'S NO 

549
00:28:31.624 --> 00:28:32.981
REASON WHY YOU COULDN'T HAVE SOME 

550
00:28:32.981 --> 00:28:34.522
ADDITIONAL LOGIC IN HERE, SUCH AS 

551
00:28:34.522 --> 00:28:36.578
FINDING THE MANAGER'S MANAGER OR 

552
00:28:36.578 --> 00:28:38.482
SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT 

553
00:28:38.482 --> 00:28:40.565
THE CONCEPT IS WHAT WE'RE DRIVING 

554
00:28:40.565 --> 00:28:44.579
AT HERE AND THE CONCEPT IS THE SAME. 

555
00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:47.218
NOW THAT I HAVE A STRING VARIABLE 

556
00:28:47.218 --> 00:28:48.534
WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHOM I WANT 

557
00:28:48.534 --> 00:28:52.376
TO APPROVE THE ITEM, I HAVE A STRING 

558
00:28:52.376 --> 00:28:54.162
VARIABLE WITH THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS. 

559
00:28:54.162 --> 00:28:56.005
THEREFORE, WHEN I COME DOWN TO MY 

560
00:28:56.005 --> 00:28:58.980
APPROVAL, I SIMPLY REFERENCE IN 

561
00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:04.866
THE TWO-LINE WHO IS THE APPROVER. 

562
00:29:04.866 --> 00:29:06.194
I'M REFERENCING THE VARIABLE RATHER 

563
00:29:06.194 --> 00:29:08.280
THAN THE MANAGER DIRECTLY. RIGHT? 

564
00:29:08.280 --> 00:29:11.167
IT'S A STRING VARIABLE WITH THE 

565
00:29:11.167 --> 00:29:13.121
EMAIL ADDRESS. DONE DEAL. IT'S A 

566
00:29:13.121 --> 00:29:15.891
VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION TO A VERY BIG 

567
00:29:15.891 --> 00:29:18.086
PROBLEM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS 

568
00:29:18.086 --> 00:29:20.716
ON THIS? >> ARE THERE OTHER WAYS? 

569
00:29:20.716 --> 00:29:24.058
>> NONE THAT I'M AWARE OF. I'M SURE 

570
00:29:24.058 --> 00:29:27.530
SOMEDAY SOMEBODY WILL COME UP WITH 

571
00:29:27.530 --> 00:29:29.448
SOMETHING, BUT EVERYTHING I'VE EVER 

572
00:29:29.448 --> 00:29:32.433
READ, THE ONLY WAY ANYBODY EVER 

573
00:29:32.433 --> 00:29:34.373
SUGGESTED WAS CHECK EMAIL TIPS, 

574
00:29:34.373 --> 00:29:37.293
AND EVEN THIS IS A RECENT INNOVATION. 

575
00:29:37.293 --> 00:29:41.194
>> ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO CHECK 

576
00:29:41.194 --> 00:29:43.429
STATUS ON MAIL AVAILABILITY WITHIN 

577
00:29:43.429 --> 00:29:46.718
THE CALENDAR? >> I COULD TECHNICALLY. 

578
00:29:46.718 --> 00:29:49.154
I COULD GO TO THEIR CALENDAR. I 

579
00:29:49.154 --> 00:29:53.000
COULD FIND -- THAT'S ONE OTHER WAY 

580
00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:55.085
I COULD FIND, BUT THAT'S GOING TO 

581
00:29:55.085 --> 00:29:57.649
BE KIND OF TRICKY DOING THAT. TECHNICALLY, 

582
00:29:57.649 --> 00:29:59.672
YOU COULD. IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT 

583
00:29:59.672 --> 00:30:00.838
IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION I 

584
00:30:00.838 --> 00:30:02.215
GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 

585
00:30:02.215 --> 00:30:16.376
YES? YOU HAVE TO ASSIGN AN APPROVAL 

586
00:30:16.376 --> 00:30:19.218
TO AN INDIVIDUAL, AND THE PERSON 

587
00:30:19.218 --> 00:30:20.387
HAS TO BE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION 

588
00:30:20.387 --> 00:30:22.479
RIGHT NOW. IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE 

589
00:30:22.479 --> 00:30:24.750
APPROVALS WILL WORK WITH GUEST USERS, 

590
00:30:24.750 --> 00:30:26.782
BUT RIGHT NOW NO GUEST USERS. JUST 

591
00:30:26.782 --> 00:30:37.118
PEOPLE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. YES? 

592
00:30:37.118 --> 00:30:44.252
SURE, I COULD. I COULD DO THAT. 

593
00:30:44.252 --> 00:30:46.697
YES, I COULD DO THAT. THERE'S A 

594
00:30:46.697 --> 00:30:49.360
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT IF 

595
00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:51.621
I SIMPLY WANTED TO GET THE MANAGER'S 

596
00:30:51.621 --> 00:30:54.725
MANAGER, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST USE 

597
00:30:54.725 --> 00:30:56.382
THE "GET MANAGER" ACTION AGAIN. 

598
00:30:56.382 --> 00:30:58.382
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER. LAST 

599
00:30:58.382 --> 00:31:02.981
QUESTION AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON. 

600
00:31:02.981 --> 00:31:04.544
I'M SORRY. I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE 

601
00:31:04.544 --> 00:31:14.021
HEARING. RIGHT. CORRECT. WELL, YES 

602
00:31:14.021 --> 00:31:16.989
AND NO. THE FLOW IS RUNNING IN THE 

603
00:31:16.989 --> 00:31:20.219
CONTEXT OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE 

604
00:31:20.219 --> 00:31:24.496
CONNECTION IS BEING USED. EVEN THOUGH 

605
00:31:24.496 --> 00:31:25.504
THE APPROVER MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS 

606
00:31:25.504 --> 00:31:27.321
TO IT, I CAN STILL UPDATE THE LIST 

607
00:31:27.321 --> 00:31:30.039
ITEM AND SO FORTH, BUT THE ISSUE 

608
00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:31.636
WOULD BE IS IF THEY CLICKED ON THE 

609
00:31:31.636 --> 00:31:32.962
LINK TO VIEW THE ITEM, THEN THEY 

610
00:31:32.962 --> 00:31:34.351
WOULDN'T HAVE PERMISSIONS TO SEE 

611
00:31:34.351 --> 00:31:36.396
IT. I AGREE WITH YOU THERE, BUT 

612
00:31:36.396 --> 00:31:37.892
THAT IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM 

613
00:31:37.892 --> 00:31:40.464
THE FLOW. THE FLOW IS OPERATING 

614
00:31:40.464 --> 00:31:42.319
IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S 

615
00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:45.164
CONNECTION. YOUR POINT IS WELL-TAKEN 

616
00:31:45.164 --> 00:31:46.462
IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO APPROVE 

617
00:31:46.462 --> 00:31:49.141
SOMETHING, IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA 

618
00:31:49.141 --> 00:31:51.394
IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO IT. ON THE 

619
00:31:51.394 --> 00:31:53.533
OTHER HAND, WHAT IF I PUT ALL THE 

620
00:31:53.533 --> 00:31:55.936
INFORMATION IN THE APPROVAL EMAIL? 

621
00:31:55.936 --> 00:31:57.723
THEN THEY WOULD NOT NEED ACCESS 

622
00:31:57.723 --> 00:32:01.789
TO THAT ITEM. RIGHT. YES, DEPENDING 

623
00:32:01.789 --> 00:32:03.458
ON THE SYSTEM WHERE YOU'RE WRITING 

624
00:32:03.458 --> 00:32:05.238
BACK TO, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 

625
00:32:05.238 --> 00:32:07.163
THINGS TO CONSIDER. I AGREE WITH 

626
00:32:07.163 --> 00:32:10.421
YOU THERE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE APPROVAL, 

627
00:32:10.421 --> 00:32:12.185
THIS IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 

628
00:32:12.185 --> 00:32:13.789
WHATEVER SYSTEM YOU'RE DEALING WITH, 

629
00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:15.197
THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER ISSUES, 

630
00:32:15.197 --> 00:32:16.646
BUT IF YOU FOCUS ON THE APPROVAL, 

631
00:32:16.646 --> 00:32:19.032
IT IS GOING TO WORK THE SAME WAY 

632
00:32:19.032 --> 00:32:21.699
WHEREVER YOU ARE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 

633
00:32:21.699 --> 00:32:23.454
SO, WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR 

634
00:32:23.454 --> 00:32:30.458
LEFT. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT -- 

635
00:32:30.458 --> 00:32:33.023
THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 

636
00:32:33.023 --> 00:32:34.921
COMPLICATED THINGS YOU WILL DO IN 

637
00:32:34.921 --> 00:32:37.331
FLOW WITH FLOW APPROVALS, AND THAT 

638
00:32:37.331 --> 00:32:41.499
IS AN APPROVAL ESCALATION. AND I'M 

639
00:32:41.499 --> 00:32:43.078
GOING TO START OUT WITH YOUR STANDARD 

640
00:32:43.078 --> 00:32:44.601
APPROVAL HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST 

641
00:32:44.601 --> 00:32:46.648
ONE WE STARTED WITH. AND WHAT WE 

642
00:32:46.648 --> 00:32:52.764
WANT TO DO IS THIS. WE WANT TO GIVE 

643
00:32:52.764 --> 00:32:54.939
OUR APPROVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF 

644
00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:57.665
TIME TO APPROVE THIS ITEM. AND IF 

645
00:32:57.665 --> 00:32:59.301
THEY DON'T, THEN WE WANT TO MOVE 

646
00:32:59.301 --> 00:33:02.238
ON TO THE NEXT APPROVER, RIGHT? 

647
00:33:02.238 --> 00:33:05.833
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A DAY OR A 

648
00:33:05.833 --> 00:33:07.568
WEEK OR WHATEVER TO DO WHATEVER 

649
00:33:07.568 --> 00:33:09.843
IT IS YOU NEED TO DO TO APPROVE 

650
00:33:09.843 --> 00:33:12.252
THIS. AND IF YOU DON'T, I'M GOING 

651
00:33:12.252 --> 00:33:14.296
TO TIME OUT THAT APPROVAL AND ASSIGN 

652
00:33:14.296 --> 00:33:16.915
A NEW APPROVAL. IT'S A COMMON, COMMON 

653
00:33:16.915 --> 00:33:18.668
QUESTION. OKAY, THE FIRST THING 

654
00:33:18.668 --> 00:33:21.009
I'M GOING TO DO -- AND THIS GETS 

655
00:33:21.009 --> 00:33:22.841
-- THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, I 

656
00:33:22.841 --> 00:33:25.403
KIND OF LOOKED CROSS-EYED BECAUSE 

657
00:33:25.403 --> 00:33:28.134
TRULY IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET 

658
00:33:28.134 --> 00:33:31.072
MY HEAD AROUND THIS, SO I'M GOING 

659
00:33:31.072 --> 00:33:33.471
TO GO SLOW. NOW, THE FIRST THING 

660
00:33:33.471 --> 00:33:35.695
I WANT TO DO IS GO TO THE START 

661
00:33:35.695 --> 00:33:36.915
AND APPROVAL HERE. AND I WANT TO 

662
00:33:36.915 --> 00:33:39.838
GO TO THE SETTINGS. NOW, I CAN PUT 

663
00:33:39.838 --> 00:33:43.151
A TIME-OUT ON THIS APPROVAL. AND 

664
00:33:43.151 --> 00:33:52.070
I CAN PUT IT IN DAYS. IF I GO P7D, 

665
00:33:52.070 --> 00:33:54.820
THAT'S SEVEN DAYS. FOR TEST PURPOSES, 

666
00:33:54.820 --> 00:33:57.423
IF YOU WANT IT TO BE SHORTER, YOU 

667
00:33:57.423 --> 00:34:01.684
CAN GO PT1M. THAT WILL TIME OUT 

668
00:34:01.684 --> 00:34:05.694
IN ONE MINUTE. WHATEVER TIME YOU 

669
00:34:05.694 --> 00:34:07.117
THINK IS APPROPRIATE -- AND FOR 

670
00:34:07.117 --> 00:34:10.634
TEST PURPOSES, I'M GOING TO PUT 

671
00:34:10.634 --> 00:34:12.512
ONE MINUTE IN THERE. AFTER ONE MINUTE, 

672
00:34:12.512 --> 00:34:14.430
THIS IS GOING TO TIME-OUT. ALL RIGHT. 

673
00:34:14.430 --> 00:34:15.629
NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE ACTION NEXT 

674
00:34:15.629 --> 00:34:27.351
TO IT, WHICH IS OUR CONDITION. OUR 

675
00:34:27.351 --> 00:34:29.224
CONDITION IS -- IF I COME INTO THE 

676
00:34:29.224 --> 00:34:30.147
SETTINGS ON MY CONDITION, THERE 

677
00:34:30.147 --> 00:34:34.244
IS SOMETHING CALLED CONFIGURE ONE 

678
00:34:34.244 --> 00:34:35.909
AFTER. THIS IS HOW YOU'LL DO ERROR 

679
00:34:35.909 --> 00:34:39.143
HANDLING AS WELL. THIS CONDITION 

680
00:34:39.143 --> 00:34:42.909
WILL RUN ONLY IF THE ACTION IMMEDIATELY 

681
00:34:42.909 --> 00:34:47.174
BEFORE IT IS SUCCESSFUL. IF THE 

682
00:34:47.174 --> 00:34:49.847
APPROVAL RUNS AND DOESN'T TIM TIME-OUT, 

683
00:34:49.847 --> 00:34:52.237
THIS CONDITION WILL RUN. SO FAR 

684
00:34:52.237 --> 00:34:57.595
SO GOOD. IF THAT APPROVAL TIMES 

685
00:34:57.595 --> 00:34:59.147
OUT, I WANT TO DO ANOTHER APPROVAL, 

686
00:34:59.147 --> 00:35:06.268
SO I'M GOING TO COME IN HERE AND 

687
00:35:06.268 --> 00:35:08.758
START ANOTHER APPROVAL. I'LL COME 

688
00:35:08.758 --> 00:35:12.525
IN HERE TO APPROVALS, AND I WILL 

689
00:35:12.525 --> 00:35:15.097
SAY START AND WAIT FOR AN APPROVAL. 

690
00:35:15.097 --> 00:35:17.410
AND I WILL JUST SELECT AN APPROVAL 

691
00:35:17.410 --> 00:35:20.160
TYPE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD IT 

692
00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:23.461
OUT ALL THE WAY, SO I'M JUST GOING 

693
00:35:23.461 --> 00:35:27.377
TO LEAVE IT THERE. FOR THIS APPROVAL 

694
00:35:27.377 --> 00:35:30.516
, I'M GOING TO COME IN HERE AND 

695
00:35:30.516 --> 00:35:34.299
SAY CONFIGURE ONE AFTER. I ONLY 

696
00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:37.677
WANT THIS TO RUN IF THE PREVIOUS 

697
00:35:37.677 --> 00:35:39.295
APPROVAL DIDN'T TIME OUT. I ONLY 

698
00:35:39.295 --> 00:35:42.389
WANT THIS APPROVAL TO RUN IF THE 

699
00:35:42.389 --> 00:35:46.329
ACTION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT WAS 

700
00:35:46.329 --> 00:35:49.984
SKIPPED. SO I HAVE MY APPROVAL. 

701
00:35:49.984 --> 00:35:52.971
I HAVE A CONDITION BELOW IT THAT 

702
00:35:52.971 --> 00:35:54.941
WILL ONLY RUN IF THE ACTION BEFORE 

703
00:35:54.941 --> 00:35:57.283
IT, THE APPROVAL, WAS SUCCESSFUL, 

704
00:35:57.283 --> 00:35:59.316
RIGHT? IF THE APPROVAL WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, 

705
00:35:59.316 --> 00:36:02.217
THEN THAT CONDITION IS GOING TO 

706
00:36:02.217 --> 00:36:04.260
BE SKIPPED. AND NOW WE CAN COME 

707
00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:08.561
DOWN TO OUR SECOND APPROVAL HERE. 

708
00:36:08.561 --> 00:36:10.380
EXCUSE ME, THE CONDITION WILL ONLY 

709
00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:11.973
ONE FROM THE ACTION BEFORE IT WAS 

710
00:36:11.973 --> 00:36:15.330
SUCCESSFUL. WHEN I COME DOWN TO 

711
00:36:15.330 --> 00:36:17.749
THE APPROVAL, IT WILL ONLY RUN, 

712
00:36:17.749 --> 00:36:20.144
THE SECOND APPROVAL, IF THE CONDITION 

713
00:36:20.144 --> 00:36:23.100
WAS SKIPPED. THE FIRST APPROVAL 

714
00:36:23.100 --> 00:36:25.162
RUNS SUCCESSFULLY. THE CONDITION 

715
00:36:25.162 --> 00:36:27.017
EXECUTES. THE SECOND APPROVAL DOES 

716
00:36:27.017 --> 00:36:30.243
NOT RUN. THE FIRST APPROVAL TIMES 

717
00:36:30.243 --> 00:36:33.205
OUT, THE CONDITION GETS SKIPPED. 

718
00:36:33.205 --> 00:36:34.973
THEREFORE, THE SECOND APPROVAL WILL 

719
00:36:34.973 --> 00:36:42.895
RUN. AM I BEING CLEAR HERE? YES 

720
00:36:42.895 --> 00:36:49.791
YES. NOTICE WHEN I HAVE THAT, NOTICE 

721
00:36:49.791 --> 00:36:53.195
THE RED ARROW VERSUS THE BLACK ARROW 

722
00:36:53.195 --> 00:36:55.448
HERE. I WOULD NORMALLY PUT ANOTHER 

723
00:36:55.448 --> 00:37:01.724
CONDITION IN HERE AS WELL. CONTROL. 

724
00:37:01.724 --> 00:37:03.186
I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT CONDITION BLANK 

725
00:37:03.186 --> 00:37:04.982
AT THE MOMENT RATHER THAN BUILDING 

726
00:37:04.982 --> 00:37:07.230
IT OUT. WHEN I LOOK AT CONFIGURE 

727
00:37:07.230 --> 00:37:09.430
ONE AFTER HERE, IT IS ONLY GOING 

728
00:37:09.430 --> 00:37:11.942
TO RUN BY DEFAULT IF THE ITEM BEFORE 

729
00:37:11.942 --> 00:37:14.388
IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. SO FAR WE HAVE 

730
00:37:14.388 --> 00:37:16.265
IF THE FIRST APPROVAL RUNS, THE 

731
00:37:16.265 --> 00:37:18.889
FIRST CONDITION WILL RUN. THE SECOND 

732
00:37:18.889 --> 00:37:20.124
APPROVAL WILL ONLY ONE FROM THE 

733
00:37:20.124 --> 00:37:22.909
FIRST ONE WAS SKIPPED, SO IT WON'T 

734
00:37:22.909 --> 00:37:25.108
RUN. THE SECOND CONDITION WON'T 

735
00:37:25.108 --> 00:37:26.985
RUN BECAUSE THE ACTION BEFORE IT 

736
00:37:26.985 --> 00:37:31.173
WAS SKIPPED. YOU WITH ME? IT GETS 

737
00:37:31.173 --> 00:37:37.126
A LITTLE HAIRY. FINALLY, WHAT I 

738
00:37:37.126 --> 00:37:40.206
WOULD NORMALLY DO IN HERE IS I WOULD 

739
00:37:40.206 --> 00:37:42.454
HAVE SOME VARIABLES. BECAUSE WHEN 

740
00:37:42.454 --> 00:37:44.821
I GO TO DO SOMETHING, I'M NOT GOING 

741
00:37:44.821 --> 00:37:46.899
TO KNOW WHICH APPROVAL RAN, SO I 

742
00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:50.872
GO TO UPDATE MY SHAREPOINT LIST 

743
00:37:50.872 --> 00:37:53.392
ITEM. AVOID THE PROBLEM. WHAT I 

744
00:37:53.392 --> 00:37:56.520
WOULD DO IN A CASE LIKE THIS IS 

745
00:37:56.520 --> 00:37:58.218
I WOULD ADD AN ACTION. LET'S DECLARE 

746
00:37:58.218 --> 00:38:00.446
A VARIABLE IN HERE. NORMALLY, I 

747
00:38:00.446 --> 00:38:04.298
WOULD PROBABLY BE TWO OR THREE VARIABLES, 

748
00:38:04.298 --> 00:38:08.936
SO I'M GOING TO INITIALIZE A VARIABLE. 

749
00:38:08.936 --> 00:38:12.897
I'LL CALL THIS "VARY RESULT. " AND 

750
00:38:12.897 --> 00:38:15.172
I'LL MAKE THIS A STRING. LET'S CHANGE 

751
00:38:15.172 --> 00:38:17.371
THIS A LITTLE AGAIN. AFTER THE FIRST 

752
00:38:17.371 --> 00:38:21.999
APPROVAL, I'M GOING TO ADD AN ACTION. 

753
00:38:21.999 --> 00:38:23.154
EXCUSE ME. THAT WILL BE INSIDE A 

754
00:38:23.154 --> 00:38:30.571
CONDITION. IF THE OUTCOME IS APPROVED, 

755
00:38:30.571 --> 00:38:31.991
THEN DOWN HERE I WOULD NOT HAVE 

756
00:38:31.991 --> 00:38:33.211
THIS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T 

757
00:38:33.211 --> 00:38:36.251
BE UPDATING THIS, SO I'LL DELETE 

758
00:38:36.251 --> 00:38:39.990
THAT. ALL I'M GOING TO DO HERE IS 

759
00:38:39.990 --> 00:38:45.756
SET MY VARIABLE . I WILL SAY SET 

760
00:38:45.756 --> 00:38:50.593
VARIABLE, AND I'M GOING TO SET MY 

761
00:38:50.593 --> 00:38:55.962
RESULT VARIABLE TO THE OUTCOME. 

762
00:38:55.962 --> 00:39:06.282
ALL RIGHT. I COULD HAVE A LITTLE 

763
00:39:06.282 --> 00:39:09.090
BIT DIFFERENT LOGIC IN HERE. AND 

764
00:39:09.090 --> 00:39:10.966
I WOULD ADD ANOTHER VARIABLE DOWN 

765
00:39:10.966 --> 00:39:15.578
IN HERE. MY NEXT STEP IS GOING TO 

766
00:39:15.578 --> 00:39:19.017
BE -- I HAVE A VARIABLE IN HERE. 

767
00:39:19.017 --> 00:39:25.878
I WILL SAY -- HERE WE WILL UPDATE 

768
00:39:25.878 --> 00:39:30.261
THE SHAREPOINT LIST ITEM , AND I 

769
00:39:30.261 --> 00:39:38.365
WILL SAY UPDATE ITEM. AND I WANT 

770
00:39:38.365 --> 00:39:40.884
TO SET THE RUN AFTER HERE A LITTLE 

771
00:39:40.884 --> 00:39:42.611
DIFFERENTLY. CONFIGURE RUN AFTER. 

772
00:39:42.611 --> 00:39:44.673
I WANT TO RUN THIS ALWAYS, SO I 

773
00:39:44.673 --> 00:39:47.724
WANT TO RUN THIS WHETHER THE ITEM 

774
00:39:47.724 --> 00:39:50.531
BEFORE IT IS SUCCESSFUL OR IT HAS 

775
00:39:50.531 --> 00:39:52.077
SKIPPED. THEN WHEN I UPDATE THE 

776
00:39:52.077 --> 00:39:53.508
ITEM, I'M GOING TO REFERENCE THE 

777
00:39:53.508 --> 00:39:58.776
VARIABLES. AM I MAKING SENSE HERE? 

778
00:39:58.776 --> 00:40:03.549
RIGHT? LET ME WALK THIS THROUGH. 

779
00:40:03.549 --> 00:40:09.078
IF IT WERE THAT ITEM, MY WIDGET 

780
00:40:09.078 --> 00:40:10.787
REQUEST LIST WITH THAT ID, I WOULD 

781
00:40:10.787 --> 00:40:15.832
HAVE TO ONCE AGAIN SET THE TITLE. 

782
00:40:15.832 --> 00:40:17.210
AND I WOULD MAKE THIS -- I WOULD 

783
00:40:17.210 --> 00:40:20.713
ENTER A CUSTOM VALUE HERE, AND I 

784
00:40:20.713 --> 00:40:22.688
WOULD ENTER THE VARIABLE. MIGHT 

785
00:40:22.688 --> 00:40:24.301
HAVE IT SET UP A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, 

786
00:40:24.301 --> 00:40:27.034
BUT THE CONCEPT HERE IS THIS. THE 

787
00:40:27.034 --> 00:40:28.735
CONFIGURE RUN AFTER, THAT'S WHAT 

788
00:40:28.735 --> 00:40:32.257
YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO. BY 

789
00:40:32.257 --> 00:40:35.388
DEFAULT, AN ACTION WILL ONLY RUN 

790
00:40:35.388 --> 00:40:38.569
FROM THE ITEM BEFORE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, 

791
00:40:38.569 --> 00:40:40.398
AND WE'RE MANIPULATING THAT NOW. 

792
00:40:40.398 --> 00:40:42.479
LET ME GO THROUGH IT ONE MORE TIME. 

793
00:40:42.479 --> 00:40:45.785
THIS ALL STARTS WITH COMING INTO 

794
00:40:45.785 --> 00:40:47.850
THE FIRST APPROVAL, GOING INTO SETTINGS, 

795
00:40:47.850 --> 00:40:52.262
AND SETTING A TIME-OUT ON THE APPROVAL. 

796
00:40:52.262 --> 00:40:54.487
THAT'S STEP ONE. RIGHT? WE HAVE 

797
00:40:54.487 --> 00:40:57.074
THAT TIMING OUT AFTER A CERTAIN 

798
00:40:57.074 --> 00:40:59.202
PERIOD OF TIME. IF THAT DOES NOT 

799
00:40:59.202 --> 00:41:01.289
TIME-OUT, IF WE LOOK AT THE CONFIGURE 

800
00:41:01.289 --> 00:41:04.315
RUN AFTER SETTINGS HERE, THE ACTION 

801
00:41:04.315 --> 00:41:06.653
AFTER IT WHERE WE ARE SETTING THE 

802
00:41:06.653 --> 00:41:09.060
VARIABLE WILL STILL RUN. IF WE GO 

803
00:41:09.060 --> 00:41:10.918
TO OUR SECOND APPROVAL, CONFIGURE 

804
00:41:10.918 --> 00:41:13.657
RUN AFTER, IT WILL ONLY RUN IF THE 

805
00:41:13.657 --> 00:41:16.392
ACTION BEFORE IT IS SKIPPED, AND 

806
00:41:16.392 --> 00:41:18.614
THE ACTION BEFORE WOULD ONLY BE 

807
00:41:18.614 --> 00:41:22.219
SKIPPED IF THE FIRST APPROVAL TIMED 

808
00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:24.645
OUT. LIKEWISE, THEN WE COME DOWN 

809
00:41:24.645 --> 00:41:29.827
TO OUR LAST ITEM WHERE WE WANT TO 

810
00:41:29.827 --> 00:41:47.111
PUT HUMPTY DUMPTY TOGETHER AGAIN. 

811
00:41:47.111 --> 00:41:49.552
I'M GOING TO THE FIRST APPROVAL. 

812
00:41:49.552 --> 00:41:51.984
I'M GOING TO THE SETTINGS. THEN 

813
00:41:51.984 --> 00:41:55.633
I'M ASSIGNING A TIME-OUT. PT1M FOR 

814
00:41:55.633 --> 00:41:56.350
ONE MINUTE. THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION 

815
00:41:56.350 --> 00:42:11.658
IN HERE. YES? WHERE ARE WE HERE? 

816
00:42:11.658 --> 00:42:26.546
ON THE CONFIGURE RUN AFTER? RIGHT. 

817
00:42:26.546 --> 00:42:32.168
WHERE ARE WE HERE? HERE'S MY APPROVAL. 

818
00:42:32.168 --> 00:42:39.821
WE ARE HERE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S MY 

819
00:42:39.821 --> 00:42:45.393
ERROR. MY ERROR ON THAT, EXCUSE 

820
00:42:45.393 --> 00:42:48.222
ME. WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES LEFT. 

821
00:42:48.222 --> 00:42:50.129
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ONE OR TWO 

822
00:42:50.129 --> 00:42:52.849
OTHER THINGS VERY QUICKLY HERE. 

823
00:42:52.849 --> 00:42:55.358
LET'S LOOK AT A REMINDER EMAIL. 

824
00:42:55.358 --> 00:43:00.035
THIS IS A COMMON THING AS WELL. 

825
00:43:00.035 --> 00:43:03.958
THIS ACTION I HAVE BUILT OUT ALREADY. 

826
00:43:03.958 --> 00:43:07.920
LET'S ASSUME THAT YOU'VE STARTED 

827
00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:09.591
AN APPROVAL. WE'RE NOT TIMING IT 

828
00:43:09.591 --> 00:43:13.041
OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THE 

829
00:43:13.041 --> 00:43:15.707
APPROVAL IS NOT TAKING ACTION IN 

830
00:43:15.707 --> 00:43:17.252
A TIMELY MANNER AND YOU WANT TO 

831
00:43:17.252 --> 00:43:21.135
PING THEM. WE HAVE OUR STANDARD 

832
00:43:21.135 --> 00:43:23.951
APPROVAL. WHEN AN ITEM IS CREATED, 

833
00:43:23.951 --> 00:43:26.406
WE GET THE MANAGER AND SO ON, BUT 

834
00:43:26.406 --> 00:43:31.918
I HAVE ADDED A VARIABLE HERE. THE 

835
00:43:31.918 --> 00:43:36.452
VARIABLE IS A BOOLEAN, AND I HAVE 

836
00:43:36.452 --> 00:43:38.394
INITIALIZED IT TO FALSE. I'M SETTING 

837
00:43:38.394 --> 00:43:40.655
THE VARIABLE TO TRUE. IT DOESN'T 

838
00:43:40.655 --> 00:43:42.714
MEAN THE APPROVAL WAS APPROVED OR 

839
00:43:42.714 --> 00:43:46.891
REJECTED. IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT ACTION 

840
00:43:46.891 --> 00:43:50.124
WAS TAKEN. IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T 

841
00:43:50.124 --> 00:43:53.284
SEND ANY MORE REMINDER EMAILS. THE 

842
00:43:53.284 --> 00:43:54.678
ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE SETTING 

843
00:43:54.678 --> 00:43:55.450
A VARIABLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER ACTION 

844
00:43:55.450 --> 00:43:57.778
IS TAKEN. NOW, IF I COME OVER HERE, 

845
00:43:57.778 --> 00:44:00.227
I'VE CREATED A PARALLEL ACTION THAT 

846
00:44:00.227 --> 00:44:02.370
I'M GOING TO RUN UNTIL THAT VARIABLE 

847
00:44:02.370 --> 00:44:05.878
IS EQUAL TO TRUE. WHEN WE HIT THAT, 

848
00:44:05.878 --> 00:44:07.071
THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO 

849
00:44:07.071 --> 00:44:09.749
IS HIT A DELAY. I HAVE A DELAY IN 

850
00:44:09.749 --> 00:44:14.324
HERE OF ONE MINUTE. IT WOULD NORMALLY 

851
00:44:14.324 --> 00:44:17.348
BE ONE DAY, TWO DAYS, FIVE DAYS, 

852
00:44:17.348 --> 00:44:19.153
WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. THEN 

853
00:44:19.153 --> 00:44:21.025
I COME DOWN IN MY CONDITION AGAIN. 

854
00:44:21.025 --> 00:44:22.186
BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THE DELAY, I'VE 

855
00:44:22.186 --> 00:44:26.092
GOT TO CHECK THE VALUE OF THAT VARIABLE 

856
00:44:26.092 --> 00:44:28.284
AGAIN. IF THAT VARIABLE IS STILL 

857
00:44:28.284 --> 00:44:30.522
EQUAL TO FALSE, THEN WE WANT TO 

858
00:44:30.522 --> 00:44:34.580
SEND AN EMAIL TO THE APPROVER SAYING, 

859
00:44:34.580 --> 00:44:37.014
LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. IF 

860
00:44:37.014 --> 00:44:39.566
WE COME OVER TO THIS SIDE, WHAT 

861
00:44:39.566 --> 00:44:42.719
I MIGHT DO HERE AS WELL, JUST TO 

862
00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:44.583
CLEAN IT UP, IS WHEN I'M DOING WITH 

863
00:44:44.583 --> 00:44:46.916
EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO DO, I MIGHT 

864
00:44:46.916 --> 00:44:48.856
USE A CONTROL TERMINATE ACTION HERE 

865
00:44:48.856 --> 00:44:51.014
WITH SUCCESS SO THAT THE FLOW STOPS 

866
00:44:51.014 --> 00:44:52.877
AS SOON AS IT'S BEEN APPROVED AND 

867
00:44:52.877 --> 00:44:54.895
YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU NEED 

868
00:44:54.895 --> 00:44:57.581
TO DO SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT 

869
00:44:57.581 --> 00:45:02.489
FOR THE NEXT RUN FOR THE FLOW TO 

870
00:45:02.489 --> 00:45:07.299
STOP. QUESTIONS ON THAT? >> YOU 

871
00:45:07.299 --> 00:45:09.929
WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT ON THE NO 

872
00:45:09.929 --> 00:45:13.876
SIDE AS WELL TOO, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. 

873
00:45:13.876 --> 00:45:17.420
YOU ARE CORRECT. WHERE ARE WE HERE? 

874
00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:19.372
WHAT I REALLY SHOULD HAVE HERE IS 

875
00:45:19.372 --> 00:45:22.957
NOT SET THE VARIABLE HERE. THE VARIABLE 

876
00:45:22.957 --> 00:45:24.159
NEEDS TO BE SET UP THERE BEFORE 

877
00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:25.413
YOUR CONDITION BECAUSE THE CONDITION 

878
00:45:25.413 --> 00:45:28.888
DOES NOT MATTER. RIGHT? IT'S JUST 

879
00:45:28.888 --> 00:45:29.537
THE ACTION WAS TAKEN. ALL RIGHT. 

880
00:45:29.537 --> 00:45:33.863
OTHER QUESTIONS? LET ME GO BACK 

881
00:45:33.863 --> 00:45:41.166
TO MY SLIDES FOR A MOMENT. WE'VE 

882
00:45:41.166 --> 00:45:43.721
GOT, WHAT, ABOUT 13, 14 MINUTES 

883
00:45:43.721 --> 00:45:47.459
LEFT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SENDING 

884
00:45:47.459 --> 00:45:51.837
APPROVAL EMAIL ESCALATIONS, SEQUENTIAL 

885
00:45:51.837 --> 00:45:54.354
APPROVALS, REMINDER EMAILS. WE'RE 

886
00:45:54.354 --> 00:45:56.717
DONE A LITTLE BIT EARLY, SO WE HAVE 

887
00:45:56.717 --> 00:45:58.099
A FEW EXTRA MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS. 

888
00:45:58.099 --> 00:46:01.831
QUESTION IN THE BACK. THAT'S CORRECT. 

889
00:46:01.831 --> 00:46:04.402
IT HAS TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL. YOU 

890
00:46:04.402 --> 00:46:07.008
HAVE TO ASSIGN AN APPROVAL TO AN 

891
00:46:07.008 --> 00:46:14.906
INDIVIDUAL. I'M SORRY? NO, THERE 

892
00:46:14.906 --> 00:46:18.568
IS NO SETTING FOR -- YES AND NO, 

893
00:46:18.568 --> 00:46:20.598
THERE IS NO APPROVAL SETTING FOR 

894
00:46:20.598 --> 00:46:23.697
AUTO APPROVE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE SOME 

895
00:46:23.697 --> 00:46:27.063
BUSINESS LOGIC IN THERE THAT SAYS 

896
00:46:27.063 --> 00:46:28.916
SKIP THE APPROVAL AND GO UPDATE 

897
00:46:28.916 --> 00:46:32.920
THE ITEM AND SAY IT IS APPROVED. 

898
00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:36.372
YES, YOU CAN AUTO-APPROVE, BUT IT 

899
00:46:36.372 --> 00:46:38.089
IS OUTSIDE THE APPROVAL MECHANISM. 

900
00:46:38.089 --> 00:46:39.890
>> HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE SENDER 

901
00:46:39.890 --> 00:46:41.269
ADDRESS? YOU CREATE A FLOW THAT 

902
00:46:41.269 --> 00:46:43.759
IS GOING TO GO 3, 000 TIMES A YEAR. 

903
00:46:43.759 --> 00:46:45.536
IT IS NOT ALWAYS COMING FROM AN 

904
00:46:45.536 --> 00:46:48.052
INDIVIDUAL. >> RIGHT. THE BOTTOM 

905
00:46:48.052 --> 00:46:55.654
LINE IS THAT -- LET ME COME IN TO 

906
00:46:55.654 --> 00:47:01.681
AN APPROVAL ACTION. THEY COME IN 

907
00:47:01.681 --> 00:47:06.116
HERE TO AN APPROVAL ACTION. I CAN 

908
00:47:06.116 --> 00:47:09.457
COME IN HERE AND ADD AN EMAIL REQUESTER 

909
00:47:09.457 --> 00:47:14.576
SO IT SHOWS UP IN THE EMAIL OF WHO 

910
00:47:14.576 --> 00:47:17.542
IS REQUESTING THIS. YOUR QUESTION 

911
00:47:17.542 --> 00:47:20.274
IS -- MY POINT IS IT IS SHOWING 

912
00:47:20.274 --> 00:47:23.472
FROM MICROSOFT FLOW, RIGHT? IT'S 

913
00:47:23.472 --> 00:47:27.492
NOT SHOWING THE APPROVAL EMAILS 

914
00:47:27.492 --> 00:47:28.734
COMING FROM AN INDIVIDUAL. THEY 

915
00:47:28.734 --> 00:47:31.942
SHOW AS COMING FROM MICROSOFT FLOW. 

916
00:47:31.942 --> 00:47:42.453
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? 

917
00:47:42.453 --> 00:47:43.868
THAT'S WHY WE'RE SHOWING YOU EVERY 

918
00:47:43.868 --> 00:47:47.303
HERE. LET ME GO BACK TO THE OTHER 

919
00:47:47.303 --> 00:47:49.032
SCREEN. THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD USE 

920
00:47:49.032 --> 00:47:52.313
THIS AS THE REQUESTER RIGHT HERE. 

921
00:47:52.313 --> 00:47:53.496
YOU CAN PUT WHOEVER IS ACTUALLY 

922
00:47:53.496 --> 00:47:54.857
REQUESTING IT. YOU CAN PUT THAT 

923
00:47:54.857 --> 00:48:01.259
IN THERE. YOU COULD PUT THE REQUESTOR'S 

924
00:48:01.259 --> 00:48:02.506
EMAIL ADDRESS, AND IT WOULD SHOW 

925
00:48:02.506 --> 00:48:04.514
AS BEING FROM THERE. YEAH, I CAN'T 

926
00:48:04.514 --> 00:48:06.579
MAKE THE OTHER 
PART GO AWAY. IT'S 

927
00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:14.604
THE BOTTOM LINE. YES? THAT NEEDS 

928
00:48:14.604 --> 00:48:16.973
TO BE ALREADY DEFINED. YOU'RE SAYING 

929
00:48:16.973 --> 00:48:19.116
FOR THE MANAGERS? THAT NEEDS TO 

930
00:48:19.116 --> 00:48:21.330
BE ALREADY DEFINED WITHIN OFFICE 

931
00:48:21.330 --> 00:48:23.431
365. IF IT'S NOT AND YOU TRY TO 

932
00:48:23.431 --> 00:48:26.313
USE THAT ACTION, IT'S GOING TO MAKE 

933
00:48:26.313 --> 00:48:28.746
YOUR FLOW ERROR OUT. YOU'LL KNOW 

934
00:48:28.746 --> 00:48:29.887
IMMEDIATELY WHETHER OR NOT IT IS 

935
00:48:29.887 --> 00:48:31.600
DEFINED BECAUSE YOUR FLOW IS GOING 

936
00:48:31.600 --> 00:48:34.319
TO IMMEDIATELY ERROR OUT ON THAT 

937
00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:35.026
ACTION, ON THAT ACTION. QUESTION 

938
00:48:35.026 --> 00:48:44.899
IN THE BACK. IT'S FUNNY YOU SHOULD 

939
00:48:44.899 --> 00:48:48.476
MENTION THAT. THE ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY 

940
00:48:48.476 --> 00:48:52.088
YES. IF I GO HERE TO ADD A NEW ACTION, 

941
00:48:52.088 --> 00:48:55.538
IF I GO TO A NEW STEP AND I GO TO 

942
00:48:55.538 --> 00:48:58.118
APPROVALS, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT 

943
00:48:58.118 --> 00:49:01.383
THIS IS FOR. YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN 

944
00:49:01.383 --> 00:49:06.193
I USED THE START AND WAIT FOR APPROVAL, 

945
00:49:06.193 --> 00:49:11.232
WHICH IS RIGHT HERE -- I USED START 

946
00:49:11.232 --> 00:49:15.433
AND WAIT FOR APPROVAL. THERE'S ANOTHER 

947
00:49:15.433 --> 00:49:19.045
THAT'S JUST CREATE AN APPROVAL AND 

948
00:49:19.045 --> 00:49:22.996
WAIT FOR AN APPROVAL. IF I DO THIS 

949
00:49:22.996 --> 00:49:28.980
CREATE AN APPROVAL V2 -- LET ME 

950
00:49:28.980 --> 00:49:32.118
GET RID OF THIS. THIS ALWAYS MESSES 

951
00:49:32.118 --> 00:49:34.261
ME UP -- I CAN DO A FEW THINGS IN 

952
00:49:34.261 --> 00:49:36.437
HERE. THERE ARE ADVANCED OPTIONS 

953
00:49:36.437 --> 00:49:40.287
ON CREATE AN APPROVAL V2. ONCE AGAIN, 

954
00:49:40.287 --> 00:49:43.623
THIS DOES NOT PAUSE. THERE'S A SECOND 

955
00:49:43.623 --> 00:49:46.466
ACTION THAT YOU NEED TO DO TO DO 

956
00:49:46.466 --> 00:49:48.035
EVERYTHING. LET ME COME INTO ADVANCED 

957
00:49:48.035 --> 00:49:55.015
OPTIONS. WELL, HANG ON FOR A SECOND. 

958
00:49:55.015 --> 00:49:57.795
WHERE IT'S GOING IS EMAIL LIST APPROVALS. 

959
00:49:57.795 --> 00:49:59.514
THAT'S THE DIRECTION. THAT'S WHY 

960
00:49:59.514 --> 00:50:03.119
WE HAVE THIS ACTION HERE. AND IF 

961
00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:05.517
YOU NOTICE HERE, ON THIS, THERE 

962
00:50:05.517 --> 00:50:08.419
IS ENABLE NOTIFICATIONS. IF I SET 

963
00:50:08.419 --> 00:50:11.179
THAT TO NO, THEN EMAILS ARE NOT 

964
00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:14.793
GOING OUT ON THIS. THERE'S ALSO 

965
00:50:14.793 --> 00:50:18.270
A WAY TO CREATE -- THERE'S A WAY 

966
00:50:18.270 --> 00:50:23.530
TO CREATE THINGS IN TEAMS, RIGHT? 

967
00:50:23.530 --> 00:50:25.708
FROM FLOW. I CAN'T DO WHAT YOU'VE 

968
00:50:25.708 --> 00:50:27.539
ASKED YET, BUT YOU WILL BE ABLE 

969
00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:32.103
TO DO SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ADAPTIVE 

970
00:50:32.103 --> 00:50:35.286
CARDS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. YOU 

971
00:50:35.286 --> 00:50:39.043
CAN CREATE AN ADAPTIVE CARD IN TEAMS 

972
00:50:39.043 --> 00:50:40.810
NOW FROM FLOW. HOWEVER, THERE WILL 

973
00:50:40.810 --> 00:50:42.682
BE ENHANCEMENTS TO ALLOW YOU TO 

974
00:50:42.682 --> 00:50:45.748
MAKE THEM INTERACTIVE. I CAN PUT 

975
00:50:45.748 --> 00:50:49.008
MY APPROVE AND REJECT BUTTONS ON 

976
00:50:49.008 --> 00:50:51.263
THAT ADAPTIVE CARD IN FLOW -- EXCUSE 

977
00:50:51.263 --> 00:50:54.518
ME, IN TEAMS. I CAN SAY YES OR NO 

978
00:50:54.518 --> 00:50:56.081
IN TEAMS, AND IT WILL WORK JUST 

979
00:50:56.081 --> 00:50:57.808
THE SAME WAY THE EMAILS WORKED. 

980
00:50:57.808 --> 00:51:00.462
IT IS NOT THERE YET. IT IS COMING. 

981
00:51:00.462 --> 00:51:03.027
I'M NOT ON THE FLOOR TEAM. I'M NOT 

982
00:51:03.027 --> 00:51:04.828
A MICROSOFT PERSON, SO I CAN'T GIVE 

983
00:51:04.828 --> 00:51:09.092
YOU A DUE DATE. MY UNDERSTANDING 

984
00:51:09.092 --> 00:51:11.030
IS IT IS SOMETHING THEY'RE ACTIVELY 

985
00:51:11.030 --> 00:51:12.462
WORKING ON THAT YOU CAN EXPECT SOONER 

986
00:51:12.462 --> 00:51:13.766
RATHER THAN LATER. EVERYBODY WANTS 

987
00:51:13.766 --> 00:51:17.712
TO GET AWAY FROM EMAIL. THE MAIN 

988
00:51:17.712 --> 00:51:19.605
PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION WAS THE FIRST 

989
00:51:19.605 --> 00:51:21.459
STEP ALONG THOSE LINES BECAUSE I 

990
00:51:21.459 --> 00:51:23.531
CAN SUPPRESS THE EMAILS HERE. OTHER 

991
00:51:23.531 --> 00:51:39.852
QUESTIONS? YES, SIR? NO. NO. THAT'S 

992
00:51:39.852 --> 00:51:42.767
WHY I SHOWED YOU THE CHECK TO SEE 

993
00:51:42.767 --> 00:51:44.975
IF THEY'RE OUT OF THE OFFICE FIRST. 

994
00:51:44.975 --> 00:51:49.346
THAT'S WHY WE DO THE APPROVAL ESCALATIONS, 

995
00:51:49.346 --> 00:51:51.634
BUT AT THIS POINT NOBODY ELSE CAN 

996
00:51:51.634 --> 00:51:54.603
SEE AND CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE 

997
00:51:54.603 --> 00:51:55.949
APPROVALS ONCE THEY'VE STARTED. 

998
00:51:55.949 --> 00:51:57.643
THAT'S A COMMONLY REQUESTED FEATURE. 

999
00:51:57.643 --> 00:51:59.152
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THEY'RE WORKING 

1000
00:51:59.152 --> 00:52:02.260
ON IT, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT RIGHT 

1001
00:52:02.260 --> 00:52:06.579
NOW. YES? YEAH. IF IT COMES TO ME 

1002
00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:16.016
-- LET ME COME BACK OVER HERE. I'M 

1003
00:52:16.016 --> 00:52:18.475
GOING TO CLICK THE DOWN ARROW HERE. 

1004
00:52:18.475 --> 00:52:20.669
NOTICE I CAN REASSIGN IT. THERE'S 

1005
00:52:20.669 --> 00:52:22.481
NO CONTROLS THOUGH ON WHO I CAN 

1006
00:52:22.481 --> 00:52:24.343
REASSIGN IT TO. I CAN REASSIGN IT 

1007
00:52:24.343 --> 00:52:26.047
TO WHOEVER I WANT, BUT YOU'RE THE 

1008
00:52:26.047 --> 00:52:27.818
MANAGER. I SUPPOSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED 

1009
00:52:27.818 --> 00:52:32.112
TO FOLLOW THE RULES. ONE OTHER THING 

1010
00:52:32.112 --> 00:52:36.283
IS IF I AM THE -- THE APPROVER CAN 

1011
00:52:36.283 --> 00:52:39.273
SEE WHAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED. I'M 

1012
00:52:39.273 --> 00:52:43.593
GOING TO GO BACK OVER HERE AND GO 

1013
00:52:43.593 --> 00:52:44.931
INTO APPROVALS. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 

1014
00:52:44.931 --> 00:52:48.159
WE'LL GET RID OF THAT. I'LL GO INTO 

1015
00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:50.315
APPROVALS HERE, AND I'M GOING TO 

1016
00:52:50.315 --> 00:52:54.182
CLICK ON SENT. I SHOULD SEE MY SENT 

1017
00:52:54.182 --> 00:52:57.224
APPROVALS HERE. NOW NOTICE THAT 

1018
00:52:57.224 --> 00:52:59.430
I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ACCEPT FOR EMAIL 

1019
00:52:59.430 --> 00:53:00.823
THE APPROVER OR COPY THE LINK. I 

1020
00:53:00.823 --> 00:53:03.277
CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE. WITH THAT 

1021
00:53:03.277 --> 00:53:06.974
NEW ACTION THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU, 

1022
00:53:06.974 --> 00:53:08.991
THAT STARTING APPROVAL V2, THAT 

1023
00:53:08.991 --> 00:53:10.479
ALLOWS THE PERSON THAT INITIATED 

1024
00:53:10.479 --> 00:53:12.521
THE APPROVAL TO GO IN AND CANCEL, 

1025
00:53:12.521 --> 00:53:13.822
SO I SUBMIT A LEAVE REQUEST AND 

1026
00:53:13.822 --> 00:53:15.771
SAY, OH, NO, I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN 

1027
00:53:15.771 --> 00:53:18.644
TO DO THAT. I CAN GO HERE AND CLICK 

1028
00:53:18.644 --> 00:53:19.965
CANCEL. THERE'S STILL NOT AN ACTION 

1029
00:53:19.965 --> 00:53:22.249
WITHIN FLOW THAT ALLOWS US TO CANCEL 

1030
00:53:22.249 --> 00:53:25.159
AN APPROVAL, WHICH I THINK SHOULD 

1031
00:53:25.159 --> 00:53:31.956
BE THERE, BUT AT LEAST THE SENDER, 

1032
00:53:31.956 --> 00:53:33.848
WHOEVER INITIATED IT, SHOULD BE 

1033
00:53:33.848 --> 00:53:35.831
ABLE TO CANCEL THE APPROVAL. OTHER 

1034
00:53:35.831 --> 00:53:49.953
QUESTIONS? YES? THAT'S A QUESTION 

1035
00:53:49.953 --> 00:53:56.446
THAT'S OUT OF MY -- YOU SHOULD BE 

1036
00:53:56.446 --> 00:53:58.388
ABLE TO. I'M GOING TO DEFER TO ONE 

1037
00:53:58.388 --> 00:54:01.075
OF THE OFFICE 365 PEOPLE ON THAT. 

1038
00:54:01.075 --> 00:54:03.323
BUT IF YOU ARE SYNCING ACTIVE DIRECTORY, 

1039
00:54:03.323 --> 00:54:05.387
THEN IT SHOULD WORK, BUT I'M NOT 

1040
00:54:05.387 --> 00:54:10.787
THE AD GUY. OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL 

1041
00:54:10.787 --> 00:54:12.091
RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 

