Hi @Barbara Blancquaert ,
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Are you applying JSON formatting on Approval Status column?
If yes, this is the reason column showing values differently because SharePoint saves approval status column values based on the SPModerationStatusType Enum.
For example:
Thanks,
Echo Du
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