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 theAPEX_TASKS
,APEX_TASK_COMMENTS
,APEX_TASK_HISTORY
,APEX_TASK_PARTICIPANTS
, andAPEX_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.
Parent topic: Extending Application Capabilities