Self-service
Use the SB (self-service) approval procedure to approve requests automatically. You do not have to specify approvers for this approval procedure. A self-service request is always granted immediate approval. Always define an approval workflow with the approval procedure SB as a one-step workflow. That means you cannot set up more approval steps in addition to a self-service approval step.
The approval workflow and the Self-service approval policy are available by default and assigned to the Identity & Access Lifecycle shop.
Using IT Shop structures to find approvers
Use the following approval procedures to establish an IT Shop structure owner, an IT Shop structure department manager or an IT Shop structure cost center manager as approver.
Table 30: Approval procedures for determining approvers for IT Shop structures
The IT Shop structure from which the request comes is assigned an owner or a deputy. |
H0
H1
H2 |
Owner and deputy of the shelf
Owner and deputy of the shop
Owner and deputy of the shopping center |
A department is assigned to the IT Shop structure from which the request is made.
The department is assigned a manager or a deputy manager. |
D0
D1
D2 |
Manager and deputy manager of the department's shelf
Manager and deputy manager of the department's shop
Manager and deputy manager of the department's shopping center |
A cost center is assigned to the IT Shop structure from which the request is made.
The cost center is assigned a manager or a deputy manager. |
P0
P1
P2 |
Manager and deputy manager of the cost center's shelf
Manager and deputy manager of the cost center's shop
Manager and deputy manager of the cost center's shopping center |
Using request recipients to find approvers
Use the following approval procedure if you want to determine the manager of the request recipient to be approver.
Table 31: Approval procedures for determining approvers for request recipients
The request recipient is assigned a manager. |
CM |
Request recipient's manager |
The request recipient is assigned to a department.
The department is assigned a manager or a deputy manager. |
DM |
Manager and deputy manager of the request recipient's department. |
The request recipient is assigned a cost center.
The cost center is assigned a manager or a deputy manager. |
PM |
Manager and deputy manager of the request recipient's cost center. |
Using specific roles to find approvers
If members of a specific role are to be determined as approvers, use the OR or OM approval procedure. In the approval step, also specify the role to be used to find the approver. The approval procedures determine the following approvers. If a deputy IT Shop has been entered in the master data for these employees, they are also authorized as approver.
Table 32: Approval procedures for determining approvers for a specific role
OM |
Departments (Department)
Cost centers (ProfitCenter)
Locations (Locality)
Business roles (Org) |
Manager and deputy manager of the hierarchical role specified in the approval step. |
OR |
Departments (Department)
Cost centers (ProfitCenter)
Locations (Locality)
Business roles (Org)
Application roles (AERole) |
All secondary members of the hierarchical role specified in the approval step. |