IF() expression based on Approval Outcome

[Dacre]

Hi there,

I'm trying to create an IF() expression that can be used to populate a field in a list based on the outcome of an approval.  The idea is that the list has a status of "1" before going to approval.  If the approval is rejected I want an expression that says "if approval is rejected, use "R" otherwise do nothing.  I've tried :

if(equals(outputs('Director_Sign_off')?['body/outcome'],'Reject'),'R',))

... but I get expression is invalid.

Can anyone help me with what I'm doing wrong, please?  If there is another way to achieve this I'm open to suggestions.  Currently my workaround is to have a condition based on the outcome with the rejected outcome changing the status to "R" and the approved outcome not updating the field.

[v-bofeng-msft]

Hi @Dacre ,

Please try:

if(
   equals(outputs('Director_Sign_off')?['body/outcome'],'Reject'),
   'R',
   ''
)

Best Regards,

Boif

[Dacre]

Hi @v-bofeng-msft ,

Many thanks, although wouldn't '' overtype / remove what is already there?  Looking at your solution I think the issue was that I had "))" and a comma after the true condition.  The following appears to work now:

if(equals(outputs('Director_Sign_off')?['body/outcome'],'Reject'),'R')

Many thanks for your kind assistance...

Regards,

Dacre

[Dacre]

Update:

Although the flow accepted if(equals(outputs('Director_Sign_off')?['body/outcome'],'Reject'),'R') it failed to run as it didn't have a value for if false.  I've tried both '' and null, but both remove the original status value.  I need it to either change to 'R' if true or do nothing, if false.