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Workflow notification is sent to workflow owner instead of workflow originator

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Hello,

I have a workflow for approval of time off requests. There is a condition which checks whether the request is submitted by the manager of the employee. If yes, the system checks whether the start date of the leave is in the past, if this condition is true, the workflow creates an approval step with automatic action - Deny. Everything is fine with the workflow and such time off requests are auto denied.

The problem is with the notifications. I have configured a notification to be sent upon deny in the approval step with auto deny. The recipient is the workflow originator. This is the manager in this case. The problem is that the email is not sent to the manager but to the workflow owner.

Do you have idea for the possible reason for this behavior?

Thank you!

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    Hana Xue Profile Picture
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    Hi Hristo,

    The notification on workflow is to send an email. It does not send the notification in system, and the feature of Send notifications to Action Center works for the workflow item owner.

    Here is the article about how to setup email notifications on standard workflows, you can check it.

    How to setup email notifications on standard workflows - D365Tour

    The following screenshot and link are about the settings of email recipients, you can check them as needed.

    Configure workflow properties - Finance & Operations | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Learn

    Best Regards,

    Hana

  • Hristo Ivanov Filipov Profile Picture
    12 on at

    Hello Hana Xue

    Thanks for the email. Maybe I have used wrong terminology. By notification I meant email from the workflow. Everything is configured and works, just the email is sent to workflow owner instead of workflow originator.

    Br,

    Hristo

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    Simon Barrett Profile Picture
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    Hello, if I understand correctly, in your scenario the manager is submitting a request on behalf of the employee. For email notifications, the 'Workflow originator' in this case is actually the employee not the manager (yes, it doesn't really make sense). The only workaround is to create a separate approval step to detect named mangers - obviously not practical in many scenarios.

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