Working with pending approval requests

Approvals typically follow this sequence:

1. Someone submits a request that requires your approval.
2. You receive notification of the approval request.
3. You review the approval request and take one of the following actions:
   • If the approval request appears to be in order, you can approve it.
   • If you need more information, you can enter a question or comment for the Approval Server to route to the requester or other individual (a More Information request).
   • If the request appears unacceptable, you can reject it. Rejection usually ends the process for this request, unless rules are in place that require further processing. See Get Authority rules, Signature Accumulator rules, and Statistical Override rules.
   • If you are not the appropriate person to approve the request, you can reassign it.

This section discusses how to search for specific approval requests, and provides procedures for managing and responding to approval requests. Topics include:

The examples in this section are from the Get Agreement and Lunch Scheduler sample applications, which are installed with Approval Server. For more information about the sample applications, see Using the Get Agreement sample application and Using-the-Lunch-Scheduler-sample-application.