title: Set (content) approval status in workflow [Sharepoint 2013]
body: <p>I have a custom list with approved and not-approved items.</p>
  
  <p>Now I created a workflow that changes the value of one of the fields.</p>
  
  <p>Problem is: After running that workflow, the Approval Status of this item is automatically set to "Pending". But I don't want to change this status.</p>
  
  <p>I tried to switch on/off the checkbox "Automatically update the workflow status to the current stage name" but no effect.
  I also tried to set the variable inside the work flow:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Set Variable: ApprovStatus to CurrentElement:Approval Status
  
  then Update item in CurrentElement
  
  then Set Workflow Status to Variable: ApprovStatus
  
  
  Go to End of Workflow
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I keep the current Approval Status (or set it to the value that it was before)?</p>
  
  <p>When a item is (manually) approved, will it also work then?</p>