The report section specific to an approval activity provides information about the approval task created by that activity, and varies depending on the state of the approval task. Normally, the activity does not create an approval task if the operation that is subject to approval was requested by an Active Roles administrator or an approver. In this case, the section body displays a message indicating that the activity is bypassed. Otherwise, the contents of the report section body is as follows.
Task status: Pending
The following information is displayed if the task is waiting for approver action.
- Approval task details
- Task ID: <number>
- Title: <title of the approval task>
- Status: Pending
- Requested: <date and time that the task was created>
- Requested by: <name that identifies who requested the operation>
The following information is displayed if the approver allowed the requested operation.
- Properties changed by approver
- Approval task details
- Task ID: <number>
- Title: <title of the approval task>
- Status: Completed
- Requested: <date and time that the task was created>
- Requested by: <name that identifies who requested the operation>
- Completed: <date and time that the task was completed>
- Completed by: <name of the approver who performed the task>
- Completion reason: <text supplied by the approver>
- Approver action: <resolution the approver chose to allow the operation>
Task status: Rejected
The following information is displayed if the approver denied the requested operation.
- Approval task details
- Task ID: <number>
- Title: <title of the approval task>
- Status: Rejected
- Requested: <date and time that the task was created>
- Requested by: <name that identifies who requested the operation>
- Rejected: <date and time that the task was completed>
- Rejected by: <name of the approver who performed the task>
- Rejection reason: <text supplied by the approver>
- Approver action: <resolution the approver chose to deny the operation>
Task status: Canceled
The following information is displayed if the approval task is canceled.
- Approval task details
- Task ID: <number>
- Title: <title of the approval task>
- Status: Canceled
- Requested: <date and time that the task was created>
- Requested by: <name that identifies who requested the operation>
- Canceled: <date and time that the task was canceled>
- Canceled by: <identifies who canceled the task>
- Cancellation reason: <indicates why the task was canceled>
Task status: Any
The following information is always displayed in addition to the approval task details.
- Approval task settings
- Approvers: <list of names that identify who is authorized to approve the operation>
- Possible actions of approver: <list of resolutions the approver may choose from>
- Approver is requested to supply or change these properties: <list of property names>
- Approver is allowed to change properties submitted for approval: <Yes | No>