Position Hierarchy Approval-Rule Attributes

When you define approval policies using the Manage Approval Transactions for Human Capital Management task, you can create one or more approval rules for a specified position hierarchy.

Attributes

The following table summarizes the attributes of the position-hierarchy approval rules and their default values.

Attribute Name	Description	Values	Default Value
Action Type	Allows users to choose from Approval required (participants need to act on the transaction), Information only (participants get FYI notifications), and Automatic approval (participants do not need to act, transaction is auto approved).	Approval required Information only Automatic approval	Approval required
Job Level	The number of job levels. Approvals are routed to approvers between the initial and topmost approvers in the position hierarchy based on this value. You can specify the job levels as absolute values (for example, a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4). Alternatively, you can specify the values relative to either the initial approver or the requester. The requester is the person who submits the transaction. Approval routing stops when either the number of job levels or the topmost approver is reached, whichever is sooner.	Minimum and maximum values relative to: Initial approver Requester Absolute minimum and maximum values	At most 1 relative to initial approver At least 1 relative to initial approver
Position Hierarchy	The name of the position hierarchy You can select from all position hierarchies in the enterprise	All position hierarchies in the enterprise	None
Starting Position	The position of the first approver The approval notification is sent to all workers who have the position, and the transaction is approved by the first worker to approve	All positions in the selected position hierarchy	None
Job Level	The number of job levels. Approvals are routed to approvers between the initial and topmost approvers in the position hierarchy based on this value. You can specify the job levels as absolute values (for example, a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4). Alternatively, you can specify the values relative to either the initial approver or the requester. The requester is the person who submits the transaction. Approval routing stops when either the number of job levels or the topmost approver is reached, whichever is sooner.	Minimum and maximum values relative to: Initial approver Requester Absolute minimum and maximum values	At most 1 relative to initial approver At least 1 relative to initial approver
Top Position	The position of the topmost approver The approval notification is sent to all workers who have the position, and the transaction is approved by the first worker to approve Approval routing stops when either the number of levels or the topmost approver is reached, whichever is sooner	All positions in the selected position hierarchy	None
Include	Allows users to choose which approvers to include.	All Approvers First and last approvers Last approver only	All approvers