Defining the Approval Request Statuses

You can use the Statuses page to create, edit, or remove the approval request statuses based on the desired workflow at your corporation. The following table describes the fields in the Statuses page.

Field/Column Description

Add (plus) button

Click this button to add new approval request statuses.

Status Name column

This column contains the approval request statuses in the SAM application.

Delete button

Click Delete to delete the corresponding approval request status from the SAM application.

To add an approval request status

  1. From the SAM home page, select the Main Menu button.

  2. Select the Administration option.

  3. Select the Statuses option from the Administration drop-down list.

    The Statuses page appears.

  4. Click Add in the Statuses page.

  5. In the Status field, enter a name for the new approval request status.

  6. Tab out of the Status field.

To modify an approval request status

  1. From the SAM home page, select the Main Menu button.

  2. Select the Administration option.

  3. Select the Statuses option from the Administration drop-down list.

    The Statuses page appears.

  4. In the Status Name column, click the status that you want to modify.

  5. Enter the new name for the approval request status over the current name.

  6. Tab out of the Status Name field.