Today I happily stumbled across a collection of Power Automate templates for auto-approval of different types of Microsoft Teams Shifts requests, such as time off requests, open shift requests, and swap requests.
Not familiar with Shifts? Check out my write-up.
The ability to auto-approve removes the current reliance on a Team owner to approve requests. In less formal Teams, this would be an excellent improvement to speed up the process and give autonomy to your team members.
While most of the templates’ triggers are set to use “Recurrence” (regularly reviewing requests and approving on the hour), you can also create your own flow using Shifts itself as a trigger instead.
Note: In high-activity Teams, using Recurrence as the trigger might cut down the number of runs/flows you use if that’s a consideration for you. Using Shifts as the trigger as seen below will run every time a request is made, but provides a faster response to your users.
The templates for Power Automate auto-approval of Shifts requests range from simple flows to more complex flows. Check them out below:
- Auto Approve Offer Shift Requests
- Auto Approve Open Shift Requests
- Auto Approve Swap Shifts Requests and Send Email Notification
- Auto Convert Shift to Open Shift
- Share My Shifts as iCalendar Feed
Hi, would you know by any chance how to automate the Share with team* feature? It’s great to automate the approval, however someone still need to hit the Share with Team button every time the schedule must change from a time off approved request. I am trying to use shift for vacation sick days which will occur more frequently. Thanks!!