How to fix my approval column to be dropdown column

Roxanne Basgen

How to fix my approval column to be dropdown column because it's giving me an error message when I try to automate my workflow.

brianschmidt

I may be missing some information here…but you should be able to double-click the column header and change the column type to a dropdown column type. Then, in your approval automation, you can adjust the settings as to what verbiage it shows and ensure the approval workflow maps to that dropdown column. Does that make sense?

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/123468/how-to-fix-my-approval-column-to-be-dropdown-column

Hi,

I hope you're well and safe!

Not sure I follow! Can you elaborate?

What error message are you getting?

I hope that helps!

Be safe, and have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Emily English

Is the error message by any chance "Cannot locate Approval Column inside intake sheet {sheet ref}"

I have just got that error on 3 control centre automations that have worked for months. Seems to have broken last night at the same time I got an email saying the API has been updated.

Roxanne Basgen

It seemed to be fixed once I named the appropriate approval from list, I've changed the names of the approvals and didn't list the correct one.

Andrée Starå

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/441329#Comment_441329

Excellent!

Glad you got it working!

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