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Linking Self-Service Forms to the Approvals Inbox

To route an employee self-service form to the Unified Approvals Inbox, the form and the inbox must be linked. Figure 20 shows the business process used when linking the form and inbox.

Figure 20. Linking Employee Self-Service Form to Unified Approvals Inbox

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As an administrator, you can create an approval type to link a form to the inbox. After the approval type is configured, you can reference the approval type name within the employee self-service requestor form. For information about creating an approval type, see Setting Up Unified Approvals Inbox.

Use the following procedure to link an employee self-service form to an existing approval type.

NOTE:  This procedure is required only for new Employee Self-Service forms, not for preconfigured forms. For more information on creating an Employee Self-Service form, see Creating an Employee Self-Service Requestor Form.

To link employee self-service forms to the Unified Approvals Inbox

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > SmartScript Administration > Scripts.
  2. In the Scripts list, query to find the Employee Self-Service form (SmartScript) you want to link to the Unified Approvals Inbox.
  3. Click the Programs view tab, and in the Programs list, add a new record and complete the fields.
    1. In Name field, select Script_Finish from the drop-down list.
    2. In the Program Language field, select eScript from the drop-down list, and then click Save.
  4. In the Scripts form, enter the script as shown in Example eScript for Requestor Form.

    5. NOTE:  The Scripts form appears at the bottom of the screen. You may need to scroll down to see the complete form.

  5. In the Script field, change the indata.SetProperty ("ItemType", "") parameters as needed.

    6. The second parameter of the function should equal the name of the appropriate approval type. For example:

    // Approvals Inbox Administration screen

    indata.SetProperty ("ItemType", "PAFChange");

    NOTE:  For more information on approval types, see Setting Up Unified Approvals Inbox.

  6. Click the Check Syntax button to highlight any syntax issues.
  7. In the Programs list, click Save.

 Siebel Employee Relationship Management Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003