Hi team, I've built a pretty good PO approval work...
# suiteflowd
DonkeyBot
09/01/2023, 10:35 AMHi team, I've built a pretty good PO approval workflow (with help from here!) Basically, each Department has an approver and depending on the amount and department the routing goes to an individual listed on the Department record. However what I'm being asked to do is change it so IF a department approver tries to raise a PO it should route the approval up to the next approver (up to the maximum which is level 4) is this feasible or are we in scripting realms here? Thanks
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nsAI
09/01/2023, 3:44 PMWould the "next approver" at level 2 , 3 or 4 be within the superivosr hierarchy?
nsAI
09/01/2023, 3:45 PMSo if Department Approver = Emp A and they are level 2, would level 3 be Emp A's supervisor?
nsAI
09/01/2023, 3:45 PMIf so you could add into the workflow to loop through the supervisor hierarchy to get the next approver until the proper level is reached
nsAI
09/01/2023, 3:46 PMotherwise yes it would be pretty difficult to do via workflow
nsAI
09/01/2023, 3:47 PMAs a side note I often wonder why organizations request such complex approval structures. Like it's a contest to see who can have the most elaborate approval structure....I've never figured out what value it provides LOL
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DonkeyBot
09/04/2023, 8:02 AMThanks like you say it 'may' be feasible but I can't think of achieving it without a ridiculous amount of states to check for multiple different conditions especially as I'd have to repeat the IF states after each department (for which there are many!) and I agree it's overcomplex already I've already gone from simple, OK but we need this. To complex then OK we need this, and now OK to complex-silly
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Dylan Fields
09/05/2023, 6:47 PMCan you provide a screenshot of the current PO (looking for the approval fields in use)?
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