The new [approval bar|APPROVAL BAR] in Self Service looks like:

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The new [approval bar|APPROVAL BAR] in Self Service is thinner than the previous bar and yet it provides more information. 
The new information dialog may be viewed by clicking on the icon to the far right which looks like an “i”. 
The quick approve is shown by a single green check mark on the approval step waiting approval if the user has approval rights.
A new [popup menu|POPUP MENU] of ’allowed’ actions on the current step waiting approval may be viewed by mouse right-click anywhere in the current step box. 

[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-2.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/NEW APPROVAL BAR (SELF SERVICE)/EP-WP-APPROVALS-2.jpg}]

 
The [popup menu|POPUP MENU] will include the [approver name|APPROVER_NAME] for the step as the first item and approval actions to approve, decline or send back with comments.
Selecting an approval action with comments brings up the approval dialog, which allows comments to be added for any approval action made for the step. 

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After submitting the dialog for the approval action with comments, the approved step will turn gray and will have a new popup menu generated for its new status. Right-clicking now on the approved step will show the approved status of the step and a sub-menu containing the comments made for the approval.

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The popup menu will be displayed even if there are no approval actions available for the approval step. In such a case, the approver name or approval step status and a submenu of approval action comments will be displayed.
 
[{Image src='EP-WP-APPROVALS-5.jpg' width='600' align='center' link='attach/NEW APPROVAL BAR (SELF SERVICE)/EP-WP-APPROVALS-5.jpg}]


When an approval entity (eg: Personnel Actions, Applications, Postings, Time Sheets) is in a status before approval or after approval, the approval bar will show a context message to show pertinent information about that entity.

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The context message is definable by [table alias|TABLE_ALIAS] in [IMMS]. These messages can be translated if necessary. The following displays which context messages are used for the approvals. 

||Table||Message Code
|Leave Lines [AAL|P2K_AT_LEAVE_LINES] | AAL_CONTEXT
|Open Enrollments EEs [BOEE|P2K_BE_OPEN_ENROLLMENT_EES] | BOEE_CONTEXT
|Elections [BEL|P2K_BE_ELECTIONS] | BEL_CONTEXT
|Applications [RAP|P2K_RE_APPLICATIONS] | RAP_CONTEXT
|Batches [BPT|P2K_PR_BATCHES] | BPT_CONTEXT
|Time Sheets [PTS|P2K_PR_TIME_SHEETS] | PTS_CONTEXT
|Candidates [RCA|P2K_RE_CANDIDATES] | RCA_CONTEXT
|Postings [RPO|P2K_RE_POSTINGS] |RPO_CONTEXT
|Personnel Actions [SPA|P2K_SA_PERSONNEL_ACTIONS] | SPA_CONTEXT