Hello! Has anyone created a workflow for standalone vendor bills before? I'm using the 3 way match workflow for matching PO's to vendor bills, but for vendor bills that don't have a PO related to them, I will need an additional workflow to go through a hierarchy of next approvers based on a threshold dollar value. Does anyone have an example of how they've built this out before?
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Jono
08/06/2024, 11:49 PM
my go to is a couple of WF states with some fields on the transaction
Fields:
• next approver
• approved to threshold (ie the last approvers limit)
WF states:
• Get next approver
◦ populates the next approver field based on logic
• Pending approval
◦ adds some buttons if user = next approver; may send notification emails as well
• Validate Approval
◦ Populates the 'Approved to Threshold' field.
◦ Transition through checking whether current approver can approve - if they can approve - goes to approved, if insufficient threshold, goes back to 'Get Next Approver' state
Jono
08/06/2024, 11:53 PM
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MGBC
08/06/2024, 11:57 PM
Here’s a blog post on building workflows that has some great tips and is a good starting place on how to build your own. It’s a simple example but could be used for basic approvals of any record
https://www.mavencloud.tech/blogs/post/build_your_first_workflow
MGBC
08/06/2024, 11:58 PM
To get more complex you would add in approval thresholds either on employee records or hardcoded into the conditions and use the supervisor or purchase approver fields to build your hierarchy
It can get super complex from here but these are good places to start