No you will not be able to filter run if action based on a people picker field. Use condition action.
Run workflow based on User
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+3If I use the Condition Action, how am I typing the user in? I've tried their email and that didn't seem to work.
+12@mcamarco ....could you please provide more information on what exactly you're trying to achieve?
+3Run if initiator is not equal to user/group to start an approval process.
or in the conditional branch:
If Initiator is equal to user -- run an approval process under the "no" branch.
or in the conditional branch:
If Initiator is equal to user -- run an approval process under the "no" branch.
+12@mcamarco .....did you try saving your user in a variable and then comparing it with initiator or vice versa or both?
+3I have not, save the user email as a variable?
+3I saved each user as a variable using their email, the conditional branch didnt run properly.
+3Is that using o365?
I'm using the Conditional Branch action within my workflow and have it configured as follows:
+12@mcamarco .....Is there a reason for using email id instead of username or display name? If you want to compare the email then you can get the email of the initiator and then compare it with your variable. If equal operator doesn't work then try using contain operator.
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