Approval Workflow Group Chain Linkage

The Approval Workflow Group Chain Linkage zone displays the details of the approval workflow group chain linkage. It contains the following sections:

  • Main - Displays basic information about the approval workflow group chain linkage. It contains the following fields:

    Field Name Field Description
    Approval Workflow Group Displays the approval workflow group for which a link is created.
    Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Approval Workflow Group screen appears with the details of the respective approval workflow group.
    Approval Workflow Chain Displays the approval workflow chain for which a link is created.
    Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Approval Workflow Chain screen appears with the details of the respective approval workflow group.
    Field Approval Rule Indicates whether you want to configure approval rule for one or more fields of the business objects which are included in the approval workflow group. The valid values are:

    • Yes

    • No

  • Record Actions - This section contains the following buttons:

    Button Name Button Description
    Edit Used to edit the details of the approval workflow group chain linkage. Also used to define, edit, delete Group Chain Linkage Criteria and Field Approval Rule Criteria.
    Delete Used to delete the approval workflow group chain linkage.

  • Record Information - This section contains the following field:

    Field Name Field Description
    Business Object Indicates the business object using which the approval workflow chain linkage is created. In addition, a context menu appears corresponding to this field which helps in navigating to other screens in the application.
    Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Business Object screen appears where you can view the details of the respective business object.

  • Group Chain Linkage Criteria - Lists the group chain linkage criteria..This section contains the following columns:

    Column Name Column Description
    Group Chain Linkage ID Displays the ID which is generated automatically when the link is created.
    Criterion Type Displays the criterion type needed for defining the criterion.
    Note: It has a link. On clicking the link, the Approval Workflow Criterion Type screen appears where you can view the details of the respective criterion type.
    Operator Indicates the relational operator used to define the relation between the criterion type and criterion value. The valid values are:

    • EQUALS

    • IN
    Criterion Value Displays the criterion value.

  • Field Approval Rule Criteria - Lists the field approval rule criteria for approval workflow group chain linkage. It contains the following columns:

    Column Name Column Description
    Sequence Indicates the order in which the rule criteria should be executed while adding or updating the field value.
    Applicable For Displays the rule criteria which should be considered while adding and/or updating the field value.
    Business Object Displays the business object in which the field is included.
    Field Displays the field for which you want to define the approval rule criteria.
    Note:

    The Context Menu (The Context Menu Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Field search field. On clicking the context menu icon, the Go to Field menu appears. On clicking the Go to Field menu item, the Field screen appears with the details of the respective field.

    Note:

    It has a link. On clicking the link, the Field screen appears with the details of the respective field.
    Approval Workflow Chain Indicates the approval workflow chain that you want to use for the field value approval.
    Note:

    It has a link. On clicking the link, the Approval Workflow Chain screen appears with the details of the respective approval workflow chain.
    Value Range Indicates whether you want to define value based threshold limit for each approval level.
    Note: This field is enabled when the data type of the field is Numeric.
    Hierarchical Approval Indicates whether multi-level or single-level approval is required while adding or updating the field value beyond the threshold limit.
    Note: This field is enabled when the Value Range check box is selected.

If the Value Range check box is selected, a grid appears with the following set of fields:

Field Field Description
Threshold Value Displays the threshold value using which you want to control the approval hierarchy.
Approval Level Displays the approval level at which approval is required when the field value is within the threshold value.
Note:

The Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Approval Level field. On clicking the search icon, the Approval Level Search search window appears.

Note: The search results will include all those levels which are defined in the approval workflow chain.
Approval Level Information Displays additional information about the approval level.