About Approvals

Approvals simplify the routing of work orders, purchase requests, timesheets, and other documents that require approval.

Approval requests use approval profiles to define the requirements for the approval:

• Who receives the approval
• Method for notifying the approver
• Which work calendar to use

When the approval request is submitted, the system sends a notification to all approvers defined on the approval profile according to the To Do Roles and the Sequence defined on the profile. Notifications can be sent using email, To Do List, or both, depending on the system notification settings.

Approvers can use the Approval Dashboard to manage the approvals that require their attention.

This section describes how various processes work together to manage approvals throughout the system.

Refer to Maintaining Approval Requests in the Business User Guide for information on maintaining approval requests.

Refer to Understanding Approval Processing in the Administrative User Guide for more information.