Workflow for calendar event approval

I've got the following scenario:
A calender is set for data approval
The reviewer has an alert set for postings
A user posts an event
the reviewer gets an alert pointing them to the calender event. if they click on it
the reviewer opens the event and has an approve/reject button
does a notification go to the user telling them if it's been approve?
Is it possible to set up a workflow to have things work this way?
user posts an event
an email with an approve/reject button goes directly to the reviewer (not a link to the calendar)
the decision (approved/rejected) is sent back to the poster automatically upon hitting approve or reject
Approved events appear on the calendar for everybody to see
In the 2nd scenario, do you still need to have data approval set on the calendar - since you've using the workflow?
Also, how would you set up an email that allows the reviewer to approve/reject to both approve/reject and submit to continue processing?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
ajw

Hi Geek,
According to your description, my understanding is that you want to use a workflow to achieve your goal.
I recommend to use Start Approval Process action to meet your need.
Here are the detailed steps:
Set the “Require content approval for submitted items” to Yes in the calendar list and select “Only users who can approve items (and the author of the item)” under “Who should see draft items in this list”.
Create a workflow associated with the calendar list and set the workflow to start when an item is created.
Select Start Approval Process from Action, then click these users to set the approver(reviewer). Add a Set Workflow Variable action before the Start Approval Process step and change the settings to be: Set Variable: EnableContentApproval to Yes.
Click Approval in the step Start Approval Process, click Change the behavior of a single task under Customization.
Scroll down to the step When a Task Completes, add Send an Email action below the step If Current Task:Outcome equals Approved and step Else if Current Task:Outcome equals Rejected.
Please refer to the picture below:
After that, the approver(reviewer) will get the email and he/she can click Open Task button in the email to review and complete the task. When the approver approve/reject the task, the user will get an email and the rejected events cannot be viewed by the
users who have no permission to see the draft items.
Best regards.
Thanks
Victoria Xia
TechNet Community Support

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