1.Detect new approval reaction
Integrate Slack and chat monitoring tools to detect the configured approval reaction to trigger approval capture.
Update purchase approval records on team confirmation reaction
Automatically monitor configured approval reactions in Slack across Zapier Tables, Formatter by Zapier, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, and Slack. Create and update when approval reaction added, approval reaction posted, or approval reaction detectedβso you can timestamp approvals, record approvers, and send threaded confirmations without manual approvals.
How this automation logs approvals in real time
When a configured approval reaction appears in Slack, delayed capture can break your approval chain records and cause rework. This automation looks up the purchase record, formats the audit timestamp, updates your central tables and spreadsheets, and posts a threaded confirmationβso your team has accurate approval history.
Slackor swap with your favorite app
2.Find matching approval record
Integrate Zapier Tables and data lookup tools to search your table for a matching approval reference and prevent duplicates.
Zapier Tablesor swap with your favorite app
3.Format timestamp for audit
Integrate Formatter by Zapier and time formatting tools to create a preferred YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss audit timestamp.
Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
4.Update approval record
Integrate Zapier Tables and record mapping tools to update approval timestamp and approver fields using the lookup record id.
5.Update Google Sheets row
Integrate Google Sheets and row lookup tools to update approval timestamp and approver columns using the matched row.
Google Sheetsor swap with your favorite app
6.Update Excel row
Integrate Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet lookup tools to update approval timestamp and approver columns using the matched row.
Microsoft Excelor swap with your favorite app
Automate your work, your way
Build custom automations across your tools in minutes. Describe what you need, connect your apps, and create workflows without the manual effort.
Trusted by 3.4 million companies
Related automations
- Apps: Asana, Filter by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Add approval tag when task reaches approved stage
Your design tasks lacking approval tags stall production and confuse coordinators. Tagged approvals make cleared work discoverable so teams can start next steps same day.
- Apps: Jira Software Cloud, Filter by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Add approval watcher and comment for IA license requests
Your IA license requests lack assigned approvers and context, leaving reviewers unsure and delaying access. Assigned approvers and a short approval comment speed triage and provisioning the same day.
- Apps: Asana, Formatter by Zapier, AirtableSwap with your favorite apps.
Add invoice approvers and collaborators to new tasks
Your invoice tasks often lack approver context, causing billing to stall and approvals to be delayed. It adds the correct approvers and collaborators so finance can process invoices same day.
- Apps: Trello, Filter by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Add kickoff and high-touch checklists to approval cards
Your approval cards miss preflight steps, causing rework and delayed sign-offs. Add kickoff and optional high-touch checklists so reviewers finish required checks before production.
- Apps: Webhooks by Zapier, monday.com, Filter by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Apply external approval status to request items on board
Your external approval callbacks leave request items stuck in pending status, blocking production and campaign fulfillment. Approvals are applied to the request board instantly so teams can act same day.
- Apps: Zapier Tables, Filter by Zapier, Sub-Zap by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve client request, disable button, and trigger workflow
Your approval requests in Tables often stay manual, delaying client work. This records approvals, disables the control, and starts follow-up for faster fulfillment same day.
- Apps: Zapier TablesSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve one-on-one meeting requests and lock the entry
Your one-on-one requests go unconfirmed, leaving managers unsure of meeting status or next steps. Approved entries are recorded and locked so coordinators can schedule same day.
- Apps: Zapier Tables, Formatter by Zapier, Code by Zapier, Filter by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve or disapprove incoming cancellations and update records
Your cancellation records lacking booking checks cause wrong capacity counts and late campaign reports. Validated statuses reach your ops team for accurate reallocation before the next campaign.
- Apps: Webhooks by Zapier, Code by Zapier, Google SheetsSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve or reject drive requests based on duplicates
Your shared-drive requests can duplicate existing drives, stalling provisioning for platform engineers. Auto-approvals or rejections keep provisioning moving, same day.
- Apps: AroFlo, ChatGPT (OpenAI), Filter by Zapier, Email by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve or reject technician timesheet notes for billing
Your technicians' timesheet notes often omit step-level detail, making billable work unclear and delaying billing. Receive approval or concise rework guidance so invoices are ready same day.
- Apps: Webhooks by Zapier, Looping by ZapierSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve pending quote tasks and update quote status
Your quote approval tasks sit in the process queue unactioned, leaving sales and facilities waiting for billing and scheduling. It records approvals and advances quotes so teams can act same day.
- Apps: Sub-Zap by Zapier, Zapier TablesSwap with your favorite apps.
Approve request and create order, invoice, device records
Your request records lack downstream fulfillment steps, causing manual handoffs and shipping delays. Approvals generate orders, device records, and invoices so fulfillment and billing proceed same day.
- View all
Explore all approval chain management automations
Speed up approval decisions with automated request routing, approval reminders, and status updates
Set up in minutes
Zapier connects your tools, triggers actions from real-time data, and streamlines workflows so your team can focus on what matters most.
Step 1
Connect your tools
Bring your apps together so information can move automatically between the tools your team already uses.
Step 2
Define the trigger
Choose the events that should start your workflow, like a new submission, updated record, completed task, or customer action.
Step 3
Automate and measure
Let your workflow handle follow-ups, updates, notifications, and reporting so your team can track progress and act faster.
See how teams are automating with Zapier (and loving it!)
Without Zapier, we would have needed well over 100 employees today just to do what we're doing. We would have been out of business by now.
David Laderberg, VP of Sales
Without having automation, we would have to at least be double our size. Doubling is a bit of a euphemism β I think we would have died or fallen back into oblivion.
Marcelo Lebre, Co-Founder
Zapier helps us close far above 50% more deals than we would without it. It is a key element of our overall strategy and, therefore, of our sales pitch.
Raphael Bochner, Founder and CIO
Zapier gives us unlimited flexibility and creativity. With Zapier, you're like an artist with a blank canvas. I don't know what we'd do without it.
Rishi Shah, CEO and Co-Founder
We don't just want to patch holes; we want to build scalable, future-proof systems. Zapier is helping us do that.
Allen Lai, Head of Customer Experience
We've been able to scale our operations while staying lean. Zapier lets us do more without needing more people.
Jacob Sirrs, Marketing Operations Specialist
Ready to automate your workflow securely?
Streamline processes, uncover new opportunities, and respond faster to change. Empower your team to get more done, without the manual work.