Have an "Approve" or "Deny" submission option in the email?

  • Sanders_Mike
    Asked on May 20, 2020 at 2:19 PM

    Does jotform allow for a form submission, that is sent via email upon submission to have an "Approve" or "Deny" option in the email?

    IE An employee requests time off and clicks submit, the form is sent to the supervisor.  Can the supervisor "approve" the time off and it causes another email to be sent to the HR director?

  • David JotForm Support Manager
    Replied on May 20, 2020 at 4:49 PM

    Thank you for contacting us. An approval email workflow is possible, please check the following workaround: https://www.jotform.com/help/432-A-General-Approach-on-Building-an-Approval-Process-Workflow

    Let us know if you have more questions.

  • Sanders_Mike
    Replied on June 10, 2020 at 11:28 AM
    I have completed this process, but the Approver is receiving an additional
    email that looks like the first request, immediately after approving the
    form.
    How can this be resolved?
    Mike Sanders
    316.765.1864
    ...
  • Sam_G
    Replied on June 10, 2020 at 1:35 PM

    Hi Mike,

    I cloned and tested your form and you were able to set up the Approver workflow correctly.

    Have an Approve or Deny submission option in the email? Image 10

    Let us know if you need further assistance.

  • Sanders_Mike
    Replied on June 10, 2020 at 2:28 PM
    Did you receive 2 emails as the supervisor? one to initially approve and a
    second after approval?
    There shouldn't be a second email.
    Mike Sanders
    316.765.1864
    ...
  • jonathan
    Replied on June 10, 2020 at 5:32 PM

    We apologize for inconvenience. I reviewed the Email Settings on the form and I noted that there is another Autoresponder that does not use any Conditions.

    The first Autoresponder will always trigger every time the form is submitted.

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    The autoresponder will always be sent to the Supervisor Email field even when editing the submission.

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    Send on Edit mode is ON, which means it will also send on edited submissions.

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    Please set the Send on Edit option to NO so that the email will not trigger anymore after the approver submit the form again.

    I hope this help. Let us know if you need further assistance.