AUTO_APPROVAL (System Preference)#
This preference allows for automatic moving of an approval entity to the "approved" status under certain conditions including generic approval. This allows for the possibility to have approvals required for some types of business but not for others.This preference has a default of "N" so approvals will act as before if not defined. Values allowed are:
| Y | Yes |
| N | No - default |
This preference can be set by site (IMST).
When an Approval Entity is set to the approval step of ‘Waiting Approval’, the approval engines will search for an appropriate IDAP definition. For cases where there is either no pre-defined approval process qualified to be used or no approval process has been defined for the entity, a ‘Generic Approval’ will be required. With the AUTO_APPROVAL preference, no ‘Generic Approval’ would be required. If either there are NO pre-defined approval processes or no defined approval process qualifies by priority and process level Where Clause, the approval entity is advanced directly to the ‘Approved’ approval step.
Exceptions to the Preference Logic
The AUTO_APPROVAL preference is applied to all Approval entities. The Approval entity time sheets have a specific logic located within the ‘Submit’ action buttons on the functions listed below. The Submit action will assess whether the user has been defined as an approver. If the user is an approver, the time sheet will be automatically given approval. If the user is ‘Final Approver’, the time sheet will advance to ‘Approved’ status. If the user is not the ‘Final Approver’, the time sheet will remaining in waiting for further approval.
