Alternate Approver for Workforce Compensation Plan Changes Precedes the Final Approver

Carlos is the CEO and top manager in the primary plan hierarchy. He doesn't participate in the approval process for workforce compensation changes from his subordinate managers under Sara, a senior VP.

Carlos gets an informational notification when Sara submits her plan changes, but Maria, a manager in HR, has final approval. Here's how you build the alternate approver table:

Primary Worksheet Manager	Approval Sequence	Alternate Approver
Sara	1	Maria

And here's an example of how plan change submissions are approved using the primary plan hierarchy and this alternate approver table.

1. John, a director, submits his plan changes to Vijay, VP West, for approval.
2. Vijay reviews and approves John's changes, then makes his own plan changes and submits them to Sara, a senior VP.
3. Sara reviews and approves Vijay's plan changes, then makes her own plan changes and submits them.
4. Carlos, as Sara's normal approver, gets an informational notification that Sara submitted her plan changes. Maria, an HR manager, is Sara's alternate approver. She gets the approval notification and reviews Sara's plan changes. When Maria approves them, the plan status for Sara and all of her subordinate managers is In Approval.
5. When Carlos checks his approvals task worksheet a few days after getting Sara's submission notification, he sees that Maria approved Sara's plan changes. If Sara is eligible, Carlos can change her allocations.
6. After Carlos saves his plan changes, he reviews and approves all of his plan changes and the plan changes that Maria approved. His approval makes the plan fully approved.