Approvals and the Approval Framework

The system uses the generic Approval Framework to manage approvals for federal self-service transactions. The Approval Framework is a tool for creating, running, and managing approval processes. Approval workflow is triggered when a requester submits a transaction, such as a promotion. The application hands the transaction over to the Approval Framework, which finds the appropriate approval process definition and launches the approval workflow. The approval process definition controls who must approve the transaction and in what order. Administrators have the ability to monitor the status of approval transactions and to perform various actions on submitted transactions.