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Define an Approval Process
Define an approval process for the Document Checklist Item object.
Required Editions
| Available in: Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Automotive Cloud, Consumer Goods Cloud, Education Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, Health Cloud, Insurance, Manufacturing Cloud, Media Cloud, Net Zero Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, and Rebate Management |
You’ve created an email template to use with this approval process.
Note Approval
Processes aren’t available in Professional Edition.
- From Setup, in the Quick Find box, Approval Processes, then select Approval Processes.
- In Manage Approval Processes For, select Document Checklist Item.
- ClickCreate New Approval Process and select Use Standard Setup Wizard.
- Enter a name and description for your process and click Next.
- Define the type of records for this approval process and click Next.
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Use custom Apex triggers with account teams or use custom fields to define your automated
approval routing.
- If you’ve configured account teams and want to automatically start an Approval Process with custom Apex Triggers, select None.
- If you’ve created custom document checklist item fields for your approvers, select them from the Next Field Used for Automated Approval Routing drop-down list.
- On the New Approval Process page under Record Editability Property, select who you want to edit records during the approval process. Click Next.
- In Approval Assignment Email Template, select the desired email template and click Next.
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Define the fields you want on your approval page layout.
- In Available Fields, select the field you want to display and click Add.
- In Selected Fields, select fields and use Up and Down to set their display order.
- Make your selections for approval page fields and security settings and click Next.
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Define your approval submitters.
- In Available Submitters, select the users who submit the initial request for approval and click Add.
- Select Add the Submit for Approval button and Approval History related list to all Document Checklist Item page layouts.
- Select Allow submitters to recall approval requests.
- Click Save.
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