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Missing ‘Submit for approval’ button in SharePoint library

Hello,

I am building a content approval workflow for a SharePoint document library using Power Automate. I have permission to add, edit, approve, and reject documents within the SharePoint library. Content approval is turned on in the library settings as shown in the first image below. This automatically sets any new documents uploaded to the library to draft status. To submit a document for approval, I am supposed to click the ‘Submit for approval’ button as described in this video Power Automate Document Approval workflow for SharePoint - YouTube. However, the button is not visible in the library (see image 2). In addition, I have configured the flow in Power Automated to trigger only when the approval status is 'Pending'. However, approvers are getting notifications when the document is still in draft status.

 

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Hi Hannah,

 

About 3 hours ago my submit for approval button returned.  The only thing I did between it being missing and returning was to go to manage my flows open it and hit turn off.  I have since turned it back on and it is still there.  I have no idea if it was my actions that caused the submit for approval button to return or just coincidence but it's worth a shot.

 

Let me know how you go.

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Hi Hannah,

 

You are not alone.  I have been using the exact set-up for content approvals for a while now and it has been flawless. However, on Monday 2nd May 2022  the Submit for approval button that appears when selecting a draft item no longer appears. The only way we can move the document from draft to pending now is by right-clicking on the draft item and going to More - Publish.  This has impacted all users and Sharepoint sites.

 

I have spent hours trying to resolve this, even setting up a completly new site and starting again... but still no "Submit for Approval" button.

 

I would love to know what happened. Anyone?? @fchopo @rsaikrishna @Jcook  

 

 

Hi Hannah,

 

About 3 hours ago my submit for approval button returned.  The only thing I did between it being missing and returning was to go to manage my flows open it and hit turn off.  I have since turned it back on and it is still there.  I have no idea if it was my actions that caused the submit for approval button to return or just coincidence but it's worth a shot.

 

Let me know how you go.

pcostarg
Regular Visitor

I'm more willing to bet there is a fix rollout or rollback.

 

Some farms should already have it and others are still waiting for it. Hopefully this is it.

Hi T_Hill59

 

The approval button has magically appeared for me as well 🙂 I did not logout or restart. Microsoft must have fixed the issue. Thanks for your responses.

pcostarg
Regular Visitor

Just reappeared for me as well. Seems it was a issue that they fixed.

Anonymous
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I have the same problem with one of my solutions. Does Microsoft has any plans to do something about this bug?

Submit for approval is missing on my sharepoint document library. Below is my settings under vesioning settings.

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Below is my document library showing missing submit for approval

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When i upload document the status is draft and i cannot change the status to pending because submit for approval is missing. Please assist.

 

 

I just want to add that i have selected the document that is in draft and still i cannot see submit for approval button

Hi,

I am also having this issue where the submit for approval button is missing.

I am going to start a new thread.

Cheers

Rosie

PDL
Frequent Visitor

I already added to that post also.

Thanks!

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