How to Add a New Approval Role?

To add a new Approval Role, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Maintenance > Administration > User & Role Management > Approval Role.
2. Click Add.
   
3. Enter a Code and Name (optional) for the Approval Role.
4. Select the required Approval Actions for the new Approval Role from the drop-down to access entity actions.
   
   The list of approval actions is explained below:
   • Forward: This option allows you to forward the budget entities that contain budgets for approval. You can forward budgets when the current status of the budget entity is In Progress. Forwarded budgets are locked to ensure that they are not editable
   • Approve: This option allows you to approve forwarded budgets
   • Final Approve: This option allows you to flag all budgets with a Final Approval status. Final-approved budgets are locked and cannot be edited by users or administrators
   • Workflow History: This option allows you to view the complete workflow history of a budget which includes the action, action date, user name, and comment
     Note:

     The selected Approval Actions appear in the Entity Workflow section (Actions menu on the right pane) of the Planning Control Panel only when the approval role is assigned to the user. To view the Entity Workflow actions, select either a roll-up or leaf-level entity.

     
5. Select the required template actions from the Operating Budget Template Actions section for all the required templates for the approval role.
   Note:

   The availability of the template actions depends on whether the Workflow Setup is enabled or disabled in your application.

   • If the Workflow setup is enabled, you can see All, Input, View, Forward, and Approve
     
   • If the workflow setup is not enabled, you can see All, Input, View, and Mark Complete
   The list of budget template actions is explained below:
   • All: Allow the approval role to perform all template actions
   • Input: Allow the approval role to open budget templates in Input mode and to enter data
   • View: Allow the approval role to open budget templates in Read Only mode
   • Forward: Allow users to forward a template for approval once they input all the required information 
   • Approve: To allow the approval role to access the Approve action in the Planning Control Panel and approve forwarded budgets 
   • Mark Complete: Allow the approval role to mark templates Complete. Once a template is complete, it cannot be opened in Input mode until marked Not Complete
     Note:

     The above actions can be performed only when you select the leaf-level entity under the roll-up on the Planning Control Plan page.
     
     Note

     When you add templates to a budget model, update security roles to provide the appropriate access privileges.
6. Select the required Initiative Approval Actions to allow budget users to perform workflow actions on Initiative budgets.
   
   The list of initiative approval actions is explained below:
   • All: Allow the approval role to perform all initiative template actions
   • Forward: Allow the approval role to forward selected initiatives
   • Send Back: Allow the approval role to send back forwarded initiatives
   • Approve: Allow the approval role to approve initiatives
   • Reset: Allow the approval role to reset initiatives to a status of Work in Progress. All initiatives can be reset even if they are approved
7. Click Save.