A manual approval action step?

[RoCrow]

Is there any way to insert a step in a workflow that will pause the flow midway through pending manual approval? (e.g. a Yes/No button, where clicking it will unpause the workflow (and depending on the button pressed you can then use routers to continue the flow)

 

[ArshilAhmad]

Hi @RoCrow,

There is currently no feature that allows you to pause and unpause the workflow depending on manual approval. However, if you have an idea of approximately how long it might take to press the Yes/No button, you can add a Delay step to your workflow. After the Delay step, you can add an action step to check for approval.

For example, if you expect manual approval within 6 hours of the workflow's execution, you can add a Delay of 6 hours. This will pause the execution of the next step in your workflow for 6 hours. After the delay, your workflow will check for the approval and execute the Router as per the approval status.

 

[RoCrow]

Hi @RoCrow,

There is currently no feature that allows you to pause and unpause the workflow depending on manual approval. However, if you have an idea of approximately how long it might take to press the Yes/No button, you can add a Delay step to your workflow. After the Delay step, you can add an action step to check for approval.

For example, if you expect manual approval within 6 hours of the workflow's execution, you can add a Delay of 6 hours. This will pause the execution of the next step in your workflow for 6 hours. After the delay, your workflow will check for the approval and execute the Router as per the approval status.

Thanks, but that wouldn't work as, if there needs to be an A or B choice for the manual step, which would change the rest of the flow needed (e.g. should trigger a router step).

Is there a way of firing a webhook trigger from a URL button link click? Or, a firing a different kind of trigger, but from a button click?

 

[Preeti Paryani]

Hello @RoCrow

Webhooks generally trigger on specific events rather than simple button clicks. However, you can achieve this by using JavaScript to send a POST request to the webhook URL when the button is clicked.

 

[RoCrow]

Hello @RoCrow

Webhooks generally trigger on specific events rather than simple button clicks. However, you can achieve this by using JavaScript to send a POST request to the webhook URL when the button is clicked.

That's great! How/where do i configure that in Pabbly? (i can use chatgpt to help with the details, if you can point me to the modules/tools? Or a helpdoc, if there is one?)

 

[Preeti Paryani]

Hello @RoCrow

You can use JavaScript to send a POST request to the webhook URL in your site's button code.

where do i configure that in Pabbly?

It would be configured where the button is not in Pabbly Connect.

firing a webhook trigger from a URL button link click

Also, please note this way the workflow will get triggered, it will not stop the workflow midway. However, please let us know the exact use case you are trying to achieve this will help us to provide you with a workaround accordingly.