Edit Page: Approval

Choose this to define a new approval process for the page. The Approval Routing List section appears.

Note: If you select this option and then do not define an approval process for the page, users with the Manage Items With Approval privilege will be able to add items to the page without requiring approval.

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

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.

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.

Lists the current steps in the approval process. Click 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 to remove the step from the approval process. Click 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 with Scott as the only approver. When Clark (a user with the Manage Items With Approval privilege) adds an item to the page, 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.