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Preliminary Concepts

The Sequential approval is a configurable option of the Herzum Approval add-on.  

In order to enable it, you have to turn the Sequential approval option of the Approval Mapping concerned on Enabled as per the example shown below:

You are able to establish the approval sequence by moving up or down the Approvals displayed in the Requested Approvals box:

Furthermore, the Sequential approval option on the Approval Configuration screen provide the capability to allow the Approval concerned to approve in a non-sequential order,  as per the example shown below:

Notice that a non-sequential approval has to be approved in order to allow a subsequent sequential approval to approve.

Solution

Configurations

The customer senario requires the following settings:

• the Sequential Approval option has been turned OFF on the Approval 1, Approval 2 and Approval 3 configurations 
• the Sequential Approval option has been mainteined ON (Default) on the Seq Approval 1, Seq Approval 2, Seq Approval 3, Seq Approval 4 configurations as per the example shown below:
  
  
  
• the Sequential Approval option has been enabled at Mapping level  as per the example shown below:
  
  
  
• the approvals have been ordered opportunely in order to enforce that 
  • Seq Approval 1, Seq Approval 2, Seq Approval 3, Seq Approval 4 have to be approved in a sequential order
  • Seq Approval 3 has to be approved only after that Approval 1, Approval 2 have been approved.
  The following screenshot illustrates:
  
  

Sequential & Non-Sequential Approval in action

When Bruce Willis views the issue, the action buttons appears disabled:

Only after Casey Chapman approbation, Bruce Willis is able to accomplish the approval decision.

Notice that an abstention  is evaluated same way of an approbation, while on rejection, the next approver, Brent Green, is not  able to accomplish the approval decision.