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Edit Page Group: Approval

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Use this page to define the approval process for items in the page group, and to set up notifications for expiring items in the page group.

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Approval Routing List

Field Description
Approvers

Select one or more approvers (users or groups) for each step of the approval routing list. Click Browse Users to add a user, or Browse Groups to add a group.

Notes:

  • Use a semicolon (;) as the separator between multiple users and groups.

  • Each step of the approval routing list can include both users and groups.

  • It is recommended that approvers have at least View privileges on the page that includes the item to be approved (so that they can view the page).

  • OracleAS Portal provides the following special approvers:

    • #PAGE_GROUP_MANAGER#: Any user or group with the Manage All privilege on the page group, or the Manage All global level privilege on all page groups.

    • #PAGE_MANAGER#: Any user or group with the Manage privilege on the page.

    • #CONTENT_MANAGER#: Any user or group with the Manage Content privilege, or the higher-level Manage privilege, on the page.

  • By default, when you enable approvals and notifications for the page group, a single step approval process is defined at the page group level with #CONTENT_MANAGER# as the default approver. #CONTENT_MANAGER# is any user or group with the Manage Content privilege, or the higher-level Manage privilege, on the page.
Routing Method for Approvers

Choose a routing method for each step of the approval routing list:

  • One at a time, all must approve (Serial, All) - This sends the approval notification to approvers in the step one at time in the sequence specified. All of the approvers must respond to the approval notification.

  • All at the same time, all must approve (Parallel, All) - This sends the approval notification to approvers in the step all at the same time. All of the approvers must respond to the approval notification.

  • All at the same time, only one must approve (Parallel, Any) - This sends the approval notification to approvers in the step all at the same time. Only one of the approvers must respond to the approval notification.

Add Step (button) Click to add additional steps to the approval routing list. For each step, select approvers and a routing method.
Update Step (button)

Click to apply any changes you made to the approval step.

Note: This button is available only when you are editing a step in the current approval process.

Current Approval Process

Field Description
Current Approval Process

Lists the current steps in the approval process. Click Edit to change the list of users or groups in a step or change the routing method for the step. Click a user or group name to edit a step's routing method. Click Delete to remove the step from the approval process. Click Move Up to move the step within the approval process.

Notes:

  • When you edit an approval step, the details of the step appear in the Approval Routing List section so that you can change the list of users or groups, or the routing method. The Add Step button changes to Update Step.
  • Editing an approval step does not affect any approval processes that are already underway. For example, say you have an approval step on a page group with Scott as the only approver. When Clark (a user with the Manage Items With Approval privilege) adds an item to a page in the page group, Scott is notified that there is an item awaiting his approval. If you then add Jones as a second approver in the approval step, Jones will not be notified of Clark's pending item because the approval process was already underway when Jones became an approver for the page. Jones will be notified about pending items that are created after he becomes the approver.
  • You cannot edit an approval step if that step is currently active in an approval process.

Expiry Notifications

Field Description
Recipients

Select one or more recipients (users or groups) to notify when an item in the page group is about to expire. Click Browse Users to notify a user, or Browse Groups to notify a group.

Notes:

  • Use a semicolon (;) as the separator between multiple users and groups.

  • The field can include both users and groups.
Notification Time for Recipients Specify the amount of notice (in hours) to give the recipients before an item is to expire. The default is 48 hours.

Notes

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For more information go to the documentation section of Portal Center.

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  1. From the Page Groups portlet's Page Group list, choose the page group that you want to edit, then click Edit.
  2. Click the Approval tab.

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