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All administrative functions of Herzum Approval require you to be a user with the Jira Cloud System Administrators global permission. |
Overview
The Manage Delegations screen let you able to setup Approval delegation.
An Approval delegation establishesthe users having the authority to Approve or Reject on behalf of another user for a specified time range, project and issue type.
Notice that both the approver and the delegated approver will be able to take the approval decision (Approve, Reject, Abstain).
The delegated approver is recorded as the executor of the approval action.
Delegated approver limitations include the following:
The approval authority cannot be further re-delegated.
The delegated approver cannot reverse a decision taken by the delegator. A delegated can only reverse his own actions.
Preliminary Setting
In order to enable the feature, navigate the Approval General Settings section on the Global Configuration administration screen
Turn On the Approval Delegation option:
Manage delegated approvers
The Manage Delegations screen allows you to perform the following actions:
Add delegation
Update the delegations
Delete the delegation
Notify Pending Approvals to the delegated user
Add delegated approval
Navigate to the Manage Delegation screen and click Add delegation.
Fill the fields displayed in the form, Check the Notify Delegation box to notify delegated user and save.
Update delegated approval
Navigate to the Manage Delegation screen and click the pencil icon to update a delegated approval.
You are able to update any previously set value.
Delegated Approval fields
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Find below the description of the fields displayed in the Add and Update Delegated Approval forms:
Delegator User (Required) is the username of the effective approver
Delegated User (Required) is the username of the person having privileges to approve or reject approval requests on behalf of the original approver.
The delegated approver can't delegate the delegated approvals rights.Project (Optional), select a project if you want to delegate only the project's approvals
Issue Type (Optional), select a issue type if you want to delegate only the approvals belonging to selected issue type.
Start date (Optional) and End date (Optional), the delegated user has privileges to approve or reject approval requests submitted in the specified time range. The Start and End delegation dates are considered with respect to the 'Approval Submission date' and not in respect to the 'Current date'.
Notify Pending Approvals, check the box if you want that the delegator is notified by email for any approval request
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If no Project is specified, all approval requests are considered, independently by the Project. If Project is specified but not issue Type is specified, all approval requests relating to the selected Project are considered, independently by the Issue Type If no Start date and End date are specified, all approval requests are considered, independently, by the submission date. |
Delete delegation
Navigate to the Manage Delegation screen and click the Trash icon.
A popup asks to confirm.
This action revokes the approval authority immediately.
Notify delegation
Navigate to the Manage Delegation screen and click the Mail icon.
You are able to send massively the Approval Request emails for each pending approval
