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ReportI want a setup where any one of the approvers in an approval group can approve a document instead of all of them, in a single level.
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I want a setup where any one of the approvers in an approval group can approve a document instead of all of them, in a single level.
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There is a way, but only a one sequence level in each workflow.
If this has not been answered, know this is an old query, then let me know and will explain
Hello,
I am trying to configure it on NAV 2016 but it ain't work for me.
I followed your steps but after the first approval user accepted document is still pending for approval.
Did you find some another solutions?
Regards
Welcome Royce. So on the OnModify() trigger of the base table, You can write code to make the 'userIDapproved' field blank which I suggested above that you should be creating in your base table.
OnModify()
Rec.userIDapproved := '';
Note: They are two single quotes which I have mentioned above.
So if the field becomes blank, it will again populate the field which the next approver with the code approach I have suggested above.
Many thanks Tina. What if the user reopens the document to make further changes and then resubmits for approval?
In this instance, the previous approver should be cleared so that the new approver id is saved.
Royce,
"Apply the new values" response will update the field every time a user approves it. It will not reflect only the first user who approved the document but update it every time. So a more preferrable way to get the result that you want to accomplish will be to do it using the coding approach that I suggested above.
Tina,
Thanks for the suggestion. Would it be possible to accomplish this without code?
If I added the "Approver ID" field to the table, could i use an "Apply the new values" response and set the "Approver ID" field to the value of the person who did the approval?
Hi Royce,
My answer was your question where even if one approver user approves the document, the document must be approved and must be reflected in the status of the document.
If you want to identify which user has approved your document, you will have to create a field 'Last modifed by' and assign it to USERID in the OnModify trigger of you record.
e.g
LastModifiedBy:=USERID;
Royce,
If you want to know the exact user who approved it, do the following:
You need to create a new 'userIDapproved' field in your base table.
You can create a new function in a codeunit with Event: Subscriber, EventPublisherObject: Codeunit Approvals Mgmt. and event function 'OnApproveApprovalRequest and add the following code to populate the new field created:
If BaseTable.userIDapproved<>'' then begin
BaseTable.userIDapproved := USERID;
BaseTable.MODIFY(TRUE);
END;
So only the first user who approved the document will be reflected in the 'userIDapproved' field of your base table, after that it will not be modified.
So it will be populated with the user who approved the document at that time.
Chris,
I don't follow you explanation. I already have it working based on the original response from HoangNam and some additional modifications I made (as per above).
This solution works with Rejections (first person to reject wins) and delegations (person delegating to can approve just like anyone else in the group can). The only limitation of this solution is that you cannot identify from the document's approval entries who in the group actually approved it as it lists all group members as approving at the exact timestamp.
Hi Royce,
You can use workflow user group and enter your users in it.
Follow the below steps.
1. Set the Pending Approval to >1 and add response to it
2. on the next line, Increase Indent and set the condition to Pending approval: 1 and set the response to it as release.
3.On the next line, Decrease Indent and set the condition to Pending approval : 1 and set the response
This will approve the document even if one of the user approves it
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