PeopleSoft PeopleTools Tips & Techniques

CHAPTER 3 Approval Workflow Engine

Purchase requisitions, training requests, and employee transfers are some of the many enterprise transactions that require approval. Some transactions, such as training requests, may require a single-level manager or supervisor approval; other transactions may use complex routing rules to determine the approval path. For example, a purchase requisition for an item costing $10,000 or less may require no more than a manager’s signature, whereas a purchase requisition for a single item costing $100,000 or more may require a senior vice president’s approval. Prior to electronic workflow systems, the approval process consisted of signed forms routed from one approver to the next.

Prior to PeopleTools 8.48 and ...