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How can I set up an approval matrix? (Stand-alone)

This article defines the conditions for the selection of Approvers in a step.

  • In the main menu, find your Organisation and go to Approval workflows under Workflows and settings.
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  • Select an approval workflow, or create a new one:
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  • Navigate to the step and open its approval matrix by clicking on the

    icon:
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  • If necessary, add Approvers to this step via the button

  • Specify the conditions that will determine who approves what:

Field in the approval matrix

Level in the document

Amount

Header

Requester

N/A

Any custom field

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​A user will be assigned as an Approver when the request fulfils the specified criteria, for example:

  • Beverly will be added as an Approver if she is not the Requester and the country is the USA or the UK
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  • Dave will approve requests if Beverly is the Requester and the country is Australia.
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Requests will be routed to the Approvers based on the values specified for the different fields. During the approval matrix setup, you can use either the "match" condition/alternative rules or negative conditions for each Approver.
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For the total amount, you can apply the following conditions:

  • Under (<): no value is included in the rule
    For example, Amelia approves all requests with a total amount under 1000 USD, so all requests with a total amount up to 999.99 USD will be routed to her. Requests with a total amount of 1000 USD or above will be routed to Beverly.
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  • Over or equal (>=): the rule includes a value
    As per the above example, Beverly approves all requests with a total amount of over 1000 USD.
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  • Between (<= N<): the rule includes a lower limit but no upper limit
    For example, Daniel approves requests with a total amount between 1000 and 5000 USD; Beverly adopts all requests with a total amount of 1000 USD or over. Any request with a total amount of 1000 USD and up to 4999.99 USD will be routed to both Daniel and Beverly. Requests with a total amount of or over 5000 USD will only go to Beverly.
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