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You can use the Minimum Required approbations and rejections rules to specify if the approval step can be considered approved or rejected based on subset of  stakeholders reply.

You are able to create multiple rules based on conditions or unconditionednot associated to conditions.

Rules based on conditions expect a valid Jql statement that can be created via the Conditional Rules Administration screen.For example, you

Set up a Minimum Required approbations and rejections based on condition

You might need that the purchase requests having an amount in a certain range require different numbers of approbations and rejections.

To set up a Minimum Required approbations and rejections based on condition:

  1. Navigate the Conditional Rules Administration screen, go to Add Conditional Rule
  2. Insert the Rule Name and edit the Conditional Rule by inserting a filter that respects the Jira Query Language syntax
  3. Navigate the Approval Mapping Configuration screen that you want to edit, go to Advanced Settings > Minimum Required approbations/rejections conditioned.
  4. Click Add minimum required approbations or Add minimum required rejections 

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  1. Select the Conditional Rule
  2. Setup the minimum required approbations or the minimum required rejections choosing between the following options:
    1. All, choose this option to allow the transition only when all requested approvals have been approved

    2. None, choose this option to allow the transition always

    3. Percentage, insert an integer major of 0 and minor of one-hundred representing the percentage of approvals allowing the transition.

    4. Fixed Number, insert an integer major of 0 to allow the transition when the indicated number of approvals is reached.
      Notice that if the fixed number is major then requested approvals, this setting is equivalent to 'ALL'

The following screen illustrates the settings by example:

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Set up a Minimum Required approbations and rejections unconditioned

You might need that the purchase requests having an amount not included in the ranges above require a different numbers of approbations and rejections.

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To set up a Minimum Required approbations and rejections based unconditioned, go to

For example, case of purchase requests requiring the following

  • for expenses greater then 
    • the approval step can be considered approved if All stakeholders approve
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if 1 stakeholder reject
  • for expenses in the range
    • the approval step can be considered approved if it receives the 50% of approbations
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if it receives the 50% of rejections
  • for expenses that are less than $100
    • the approval step can be considered approved if it receives 1 approbation
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if All stakeholders reject

that is unconditioned:

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The following screen illustrates the settings by example:

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Evaluation of multiple rules establishing the Minimum Required approbations and rejections

The Minimum Required approbations and rejections based on conditions are evaluated always before of any Minimum Required approbations and rejections unconditioned.

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Case of an approbation and a rejection arrive at the same time, the approval step will be considered rejected due to the established order to evaluate the rules.  

Minimum Required approbations and rejections by example

Case of purchase requests requiring the following

  • for expenses greater then 
    • the approval step can be considered approved if All stakeholders approve
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if 1 stakeholder reject
  • for expenses in the range
    • the approval step can be considered approved if it receives the 50% of approbations
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if it receives the 50% of rejections
  • for expenses that are less than $100
    • the approval step can be considered approved if it receives 1 approbation
    • the approval step can be considered rejected if All stakeholders reject