19.6 Managing Approvals

Manage approvals by configuring task definitions, task details, and unified task lists. Use page processes to create approval tasks.

• About Approvals
  The approvals component allows Oracle APEX to create tasks for user approval.
• Example Approvals
  View the approvals component functionality in the Sample Approvals app.
• Managing Task Definitions
  Task Definitions set up the structure for a particular set of tasks, including participants, parameters, and actions.
• Managing Task Details
  Task Details are displayed when you open the task instance.
• Managing Unified Task Lists
  The Unified Task List allows workspace users to view and manage their tasks.
• Creating Tasks from Task Definitions
  Create tasks in an Oracle APEX application from existing task definitions.
• Example: Creating Approval Tasks from Form Submission
  Configure approval tasks to run after a user submits a job change request.
• About Task States and Transitions
  Learn about the task lifecycle in the Oracle APEX approval component.
• About Task Retention and Task Purging
  Learn about task retention, task purging, and the Archive of Purged Task Files Report.
• About Creating Human Tasks Programmatically
  Learn about creating human tasks programmatically.
• About Creating Approval Process Plug-ins
  Learn about creating approval process plug-ins.
• Runtime Views for Approvals
  Learn about the APEX_TASKS, APEX_TASK_COMMENTS, APEX_TASK_HISTORY, APEX_TASK_PARTICIPANTS, and APEX_TASK_PARAMETERS views.
• Substitution Strings and Bind Variables for Tasks
  Substitution Strings are used to pass information about a task to an Oracle APEX page.