--- schema_version: "1" id: 0998bd03f883e12f0d04c4e5a71b1e2e28933292aacdf3f49c1144647bd6e897 title: Submit for Approval Action collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/platform/264-0-0/flow_ref_elements_actions_approval.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements_actions_approval.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 284733706a87504b8f58dc4af45e665e32683c198bb9ac695a10a9422eef1c3e description: Submit one Salesforce record for approval using Classic Approval Processes. This action doesn't submit a record for approval using Flow Approval Processes. products: - Flow Builder - Salesforce Platform release: "264" --- # Submit for Approval Action Submit one Salesforce record for approval using Classic Approval Processes. This action doesn't submit a record for approval using Flow Approval Processes. ### Required Editions

![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-platform_automation-264-0-0-production-enus/60568438-ec7e-4665-acd1-7c80dcbe60d5/images/icon_tip.png) Tip Before you begin, store the ID for the record that you want to submit for approval in a variable. In Flow Builder, add an Action element to your flow. In the Action field, enter Submit, and select **Submit for Approval**. ## Set Input Values Use values from earlier in the flow to set the inputs for the approval request.

Input Parameter	Description
Record ID	The ID of the record that you want to submit for approval. This parameter accepts single-value resources of any type. That value is treated as text.
Approval Process Name or ID	The unique name or ID of the approval process that you want to submit the record to. The process needs to have the same object type as the record you specified in Record ID. Required if Skip Entry Criteria is set to `true`. If this parameter and Submitter ID aren’t set, the flow succeeds only when: Make sure that: The approver on submit is determined automatically, and The user who launched the flow is an allowed initial submitter The approver on submit is determined automatically. The initial submitters for the approval processes related to this object include all users who could launch this flow. This parameter accepts single-value resources of any type. That value is treated as text.
Next Approver IDs	The ID of the user to be assigned the approval request when the approval process doesn’t assign the approver. This parameter accepts collection variables of type Text that include exactly one item.
Skip Entry Criteria	If set to `true`, the record isn’t evaluated against the entry criteria set on the process that is defined in Approval Process Name or ID. This parameter accepts any single-value resource of type Boolean.
Submission Comments	Text that you want to accompany the submission. Don’t reference merge fields or formula expressions. Submission comments appear in the approval history for the specified record. This text also appears in the initial approval request email if the template uses the `{!ApprovalRequest.Comments}` merge field. This parameter accepts single-value resources of any type. That value is treated as text.
Submitter ID	The ID for the user who submitted the record for approval. The user receives notifications about responses to the approval request. The user needs to be one of the allowed submitters for the process. If you don’t set this field, the user who launched the flow is the submitter. If a workflow rule triggers a flow that includes this element, the submitter is the user who triggered the workflow rule. Workflow rules can be triggered when a user creates or edits a record. When the record is approved or rejected, the user who launched the flow or triggered the workflow rule is notified. This parameter accepts single-value resources of any type. That value is treated as text.

## Store Output Values To use the approval request’s outputs later in the flow, store them in variables. The values are assigned when the approval request is created.

Optional Output Parameter	Description
Instance ID	The ID of the approval request that was submitted. This parameter accepts single-value variables of type Text, Picklist, or Multi-Select Picklist.
Instance Status	The status of the current approval request. Valid values are Approved, Rejected, Removed, or Pending. This parameter accepts single-value variables of type Text, Picklist, or Multi-Select Picklist.
New Work Item IDs	The IDs of the new items submitted to the approval request. There can be 0 or 1 approval processes. This parameter accepts collection variables of type Text.
Next Approver IDs	The IDs of the users who are assigned as the next approvers. This parameter accepts collection variables of type Text.
Record ID	The ID of the record that the flow submitted for approval. This parameter accepts single-value variables of type Text, Picklist, or Multi-Select Picklist.

## Usage At run time, the approval request isn’t created until the interview’s transaction is completed. Transactions are complete when the interview either finishes or runs a Screen, Local Action, or Wait element. #### See Also - [Flow Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_ref_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "An element represents an action that the flow can run. Examples include reading or writing Salesforce data, displaying information and collecting data from flow users, runnning business logic, or manipulating data.") - [Add and Edit Elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_elements.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Use elements to define actions that the flow can run. When they’re on the canvas, connect them to create the order in which they run.") - [Customize What Happens When a Flow Fails](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_fault.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Learn how fault paths customize what happens when a flow fails. Choose how to notify admins, guide users, and take a follow-up action.") - [Move and Connect Elements to Change a Flow Route](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.flow_build_logic_route_add.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Identify which elements the flow runs and in what order by connecting the elements on your canvas together. To change the run order, move elements and add or remove connectors.") - [Request an Approval Action](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_flow_ref_elements_actions_run_flow_approval_process.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Run an active, autolaunched flow approval process with the specified inputs asynchronously. This action doesn’t submit a record for approvals that use Classic Approval Processes.")