Finalize

This process step is the last step in the authorization process flow. It determines whether an authorization is approved or denied.

The authorization status is updated to 'Approved' if there is no message of severity 'Fatal' present on the authorization. If there is a message of severity 'Fatal', then the authorization status is updated to Denied. The pend reasons that are attached to the authorization (if any) are removed.

An approved or denied authorization can be unfinalized. This will create a new version of the authorization in the 'Change' status and then it can be submitted again for reprocessing. Unfinalizing can be done through the View and Edit Authorization user interface page or through the Authorization In integration point. Both require specifying an unfinalize reason, which will be attached to the new authorization version. As for every status change, a new authorization status history record for the 'Change' status is created.