Adding approvals to an application

When you design an approval application, consider the process and rule types that are included with the approval server. Identify which process types are most appropriate for use in your application, and which rule types will best implement the decisions and transitions in your approval process. Also, identify where you will need to add  workflow to implement approval functionality, such as adding an active link to a button on your approval request form, or adding filters to start the approval process or to chain approval processes together. Also, identify which stages and statuses in the approval process should trigger notifications or escalations.

This section describes how  administrators connect an  application to Remedy Approval Server (approval server). This discussion assumes you have an existing application with an approval request form, and have installed the approval server.

Although you do not need to be an  administrator to set up and manage approval processes, an  administrator must carry out most of the tasks described in this section. Topics include: