Understanding Approvals and Using Fluid Vs. MAP

Mobile Approvals provides a convenient option to review and approve pending transactions.

In order to use the mobile Approvals feature, applications must utilize the Approval Framework, also known as Approval Workflow Engine (AWE). All transactions must be created in the database, and adhere to the Approval Framework logic and configuration within each application.

Currently PeopleSoft HCM uses two technologies to support approval processing through the use of the fluid pages:

• Enterprise Components - Fluid Approval Framework technology

  This technology consists of; Enterprise Objects Approval Workflow (EOAW), Application Workflow Engine (AWE), and Enterprise Objects Page Composer (EOPC). A minimum tools release of 8.54 is required for Fluid Approvals.

  Requires Tools Release: PeopleTools 8.54.27 and higher OR PeopleTools 8.55.10 and higher.

• PeopleTools - Mobile Approval Platform (MAP) technology

  This framework uses a template-layout approach for building mobile applications.

Important:

When implementing Fluid Approvals, all users within the same pillar must be using Fluid Approvals. Oracle does not support a mix of MAP Approvals and Fluid Approvals within the same pillar environment.

Approvals using the MAP technology was no longer supported as of June 2017.

For more information on Enterprise Components - Fluid Approval Framework technology, see Enterprise Components: Setting Up and Using Fluid Approvals.

For more information on the Mobile Application Platform, see PeopleSoft PeopleTools, “Mobile Application Platform.”