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Question 32
The employees in your organization apply for leaves with a canvas app (creates a new item in the SharePoint list). Once the item is created, an email should be sent to both the employee’s manager and the manager’s manager, who then decide to either, approve, or reject his leaves.
Which Power Automate flow type would you use to automate the process?
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A
Desktop flow
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B
Business process flow
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C
Automated cloud flow
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D
Scheduled cloud flow
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: C
Explanation
Power Automate cloud flows (automated, scheduled, & instant) provide the approvals capability that we can use to automate approval requests.
Of the two given cloud flows, automated cloud flow is the most suitable choice since we want to trigger the flow when a new item in the SharePoint list is created (employees creating a leave request).

For the scenario given in the question, select Approve/Reject – Everyone must approve approval type. Or, select Custom Responses – Wait for all responses if you want to prepare a custom response.
Automated cloud flow is the correct answer.
Reference Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/all-assigned-must-approve
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/modern-approvals
Scheduled cloud flow is more suitable for running workflows on a schedule. The scheduled cloud flow is incorrect for the given scenario.
Reference Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/run-scheduled-tasks
Desktop flows help automate repetitive and mundane tasks which we hope we never have to do in our daily job. Similar to Excel macros, it records your actions and plays them back on both the Desktop and web.
Option Desktop flow is incorrect.
Reference Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/flow-types#desktop-flows
Business process flow provides a defined process so people can follow the same steps to get the desired outcome. For example, you may require the employees to complete the below list of tasks every time for creating a purchase order:
a. Create requisition form
b. Get manager approval
c. If the amount exceeds a specific limit, get VP approval
d. Finance review
e. Issue invoice
Business process flow provides a visual indicator of these steps and indicate which step the user is in the flow.

Option Business process flow is incorrect.
Reference Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/business-process-flows-overview
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