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Seeking Solutions for Restricting Email and Printing in Approval Workflows

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Hello,

We are currently facing a challenge with the approval workflow for purchase orders in our system. We have successfully implemented an approval workflow that mandates approvals before purchase orders can be posted. However, we've encountered a situation where users are able to bypass this approval process by either emailing or printing the orders directly, which undermines the integrity of our approval workflow.

From our preliminary research, it seems like custom development might be the only solution to restrict these actions (emailing and printing) until an order has been officially approved. Before we commit to this route, we're reaching out to see if there might be alternative methods or workarounds available that we haven't considered yet.

If anyone has encountered a similar issue or has insights into potential solutions, your guidance would be greatly appreciated. We're open to exploring all options to ensure our approval process is adhered to without exceptions.

Thank you in advance for your help and suggestions.

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    YUN ZHU 75,673 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    Seeking Solutions for Restricting Email and Printing in Approval Workflows
    Hi, do you mean the order will be automatically released when the user prints or sends an email?
    For example,
     
    I simply tested it and no such problem occurred. The status will still be verified before posting.
     
    Hope this helps.
    Thanks.
    ZHU
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    Valentin Castravet 25,025 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    Seeking Solutions for Restricting Email and Printing in Approval Workflows
    There's nothing out of the box I can think of that can do this. Custom development is the only solution.
     
     
    Valentin Castravet
    Zander ERP Services

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