In order to approve a SO via WF , do you have to n...
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Tim Chapman
04/26/2024, 10:05 PMIn order to approve a SO via WF , do you have to not exit the workflow in order for it to work? Doesn't seem to allow the order status = pending fulfillment unless I don't allow the SO to leave the workflow.
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MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:20 PMIt sounds like it may be changing to pending fulfillment then exiting the workflow then restarting the workflow over which sets it back to pending approval
MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:21 PMIf you look at the workflow logs it should tell you the sequence of what’s happening
MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:24 PMYou can either make a checkbox called “approval workflow complete” that gets checked after approval then put a condition on WF initiation of approval workflow complete = F or use do not exit workflow on the last state
MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:25 PMPersonally I usually use do not exit workflow on ALL my approval workflows I build
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Tim Chapman
04/26/2024, 10:26 PMOkay, so it's not a big deal to just to now exit workflow?
Tim Chapman
04/26/2024, 10:26 PMOther than if someone needs to pending approval it's locked in the state
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MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:27 PMYes there is no performance impact or issues with the record. In many cases there is actually a performance improvement to using do not exit workflow
MGBC
04/26/2024, 10:28 PMMGBC
04/26/2024, 10:30 PMI find it helps in many cases because when you want to extend or add on to existing workflows then historical records remain in the state(s) they are in so you can just easily transition to new states instead of starting the whole workflow over to get to the new states
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Tim Chapman
04/26/2024, 10:37 PMThank you!
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