A standard Google Form is good at collecting requests, but not at routing submissions through reviewers, sending approval emails, or writing a clean audit trail back into the response sheet. FormFlow keeps Google Forms as the intake surface and adds the approval layer behind it.
Google Forms does not include a full approval workflow by itself. The practical setup is: collect the request in Forms, link the response Sheet, route each submission to reviewers, and write approved, rejected, or pending status back to the sheet.
Email each submission to a reviewer and update the response sheet by hand. This works for very low volume but is hard to audit.
Build custom triggers and email links if someone can maintain the script, permissions, and error handling.
Use a sidebar setup for reviewer routing, email decisions, reminders, and response-sheet status tracking.
Submit one copied-form request and confirm reviewer email delivery, approve/reject behavior, and the final sheet status.
This workflow is strongest when the form is only the first step and a decision has to happen afterward.
Route each submission through one or more managers while keeping the request state visible.
Collect requests in a simple form and push them through a structured reviewer chain.
Use the form as intake, then attach comments, decisions, and timestamps to the resulting workflow record.
Handle purchasing, facilities, IT, or admin approvals without building a separate internal portal.
Confirm the right people can receive and act on approval requests before any live submissions arrive.
Make sure the linked response sheet gives operators enough clarity to understand where each request sits.
Use reminders carefully so overdue workflows are visible without creating mailbox noise.
The cleaner the initial form fields are, the easier it is for approvers to make a decision from the email and audit trail.