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            What Does This Approvals Error from a Classic Approval Process Mean?

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            What Does This Approvals Error from a Classic Approval Process Mean?

            Here are some errors that you can come across when you submit a record for approval or respond to an approval request.

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            Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
            Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
            Important
            Important Try Flow Approval Processes, a modern alternative to Classic Approval Processes. This new feature provides a more flexible, user-friendly flow-based interface, and it can trigger on record changes, supporting Apex extensibility and detailed logging for compliance and audit trails. It supports dynamic routing based on data and business rules, unlike Classic Approval Processes, which are tied to specific objects and offer limited support for processes by using conditions. With Flow Approval Processes, you can monitor submitted records and quickly identify bottlenecks, giving you unprecedented visibility into approval workflows. And, like Classic Approval Processes, Flow Approval Processes don’t consume automation credits or orchestration runs.

            Manager undefined

            This approval request requires the next approver to be determined by the Field Name field.

            This value is empty.

            Salesforce tried to route the approval request based on a hierarchical field, such as Manager. However, the field has no value or specifies an inactive user. This error can occur when someone submits a record for approval or when an approver responds to an approval request.

            Required fields are missing: [FieldName].

            The classic approval process includes a field update that fails standard validation rules for the identified field. This error can occur even if the field isn’t visible on your page layout.

            Note
            Note Salesforce doesn’t check whether field updates pass custom validation rules on fields.

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