---
title: "Zapier"
description: "Zapier connects ApproveThis to 5,000+ apps, so a deal closing in your CRM, a form submission, or a new order can become an approval request with no code required."
category: "Ways requests arrive"
updated: 2026-08-27
canonical: https://approvethis.com/docs/manuals/zapier
---

# Zapier

A deal closes in your CRM, an order lands, a form comes in — and someone still has to chase down an approval by hand. Zapier can carry those events straight into ApproveThis as requests, but a Zap needs somewhere to send them, so the first thing to build is a workflow marked for Zapier to trigger. This guide is for Administrators working in a workspace where they can reach the integrations page; no code is involved at any point.

**Who this is for:** an Administrator.

> **Prerequisite:** Sign in as an Administrator.

> **Getting here:** Start from Integrations in the sidebar — the Zapier row's Create Zapier Flow button creates the workflow your Zaps will trigger.


## Create a workflow that Zaps can trigger

A Zap can only raise a request against a workflow that exists to receive it, so creating and naming one is the setup step that makes the connection to your other apps possible. Once it's created, the workflow is available as the destination for events coming in from Zapier.

1. Sign in with your Administrator account.
2. Go to `https://app.approvethis.com/integrations`.

   ![Go to https://app.approvethis.com/integrations.](https://approvethis.com/docs-assets/manuals/zapier/screenshots/zapier-s1-01.png)

3. Click **Create Zapier Flow**.

   ![Click Create Zapier Flow.](https://approvethis.com/docs-assets/manuals/zapier/screenshots/zapier-s1-02.png)

4. In **Approval Flow Name**, type a name that describes the kind of event the Zap will send over (the example uses `CRM Deal Approvals`).

   ![In Approval Flow Name, type a name that describes the kind of event the Zap will send over (the example uses CRM Deal Approvals).](https://approvethis.com/docs-assets/manuals/zapier/screenshots/zapier-s1-03.png)

5. Click **Create Approval Flow**.

   ![Click Create Approval Flow.](https://approvethis.com/docs-assets/manuals/zapier/screenshots/zapier-s1-04.png)


> **Success cue:** The workflow is created under the name you typed — shown as **CRM Deal Approvals** in the example screenshots.

> **What happens next:** Build the rest in Zapier: add the ApproveThis app to a Zap (it connects from Zapier's side), pick this workflow, and every Zap run posts its data here as a new request. The first payload defines the workflow's fields — [Map incoming payload data](https://approvethis.com/docs/manuals/external-data-endpoints.md) shows how arriving keys become request fields. Any tool that can send a POST can trigger a workflow the same way — see [Inbound Webhook Triggers](https://approvethis.com/docs/manuals/inbound-webhook-triggers.md).