General main data of approval policies
Enter the following main data of an approval policy. If you add a new approval step, you must fill out the compulsory fields.
Table 23: General main data of approval policies
Approval policies |
Approval policy name. |
Role type |
Role type to determine inheritance of approval policies within an IT Shop solution. Add the required role types in IT Shop > Basic configuration data > Roles types category. |
Priority |
An integral number with a maximum of one digit.
A priority is used to decided which approval policy should be used if several approval policies are found to be valid following the given rules. The highest priority has the largest number. |
Approval workflow |
Workflow for determining approvers when a product is requested.
Select any approval workflow from the drop-down or click to set up a new workflow. |
Renewal workflow |
Approval workflow for determining approvers when a product is renewed.
Select any approval workflow from the drop-down or click to set up a new workflow.
If no renewal workflow is specified, the approval workflow of the request is used when the request is renewed (UID_SubMethodOrderProduct). |
Cancellation workflow |
Approval workflow for determining approvers when a requested product is canceled.
Select any approval workflow from the drop-down or click to set up a new workflow.
If there is no cancellation workflow given, cancellation is approved immediately. |
Mail templates |
Mail template used for creating email notifications for granting or denying approval for a request and extended, expired, or canceled requests. |
Description |
Text field for additional explanation. |
Do not show |
Specifies whether this approval policy is hidden in the Web Portal. |
Detailed information about this topic
Default approval policies
One Identity Manager supplies service items by default. These approval policies are used in the Identity & Access Lifecycle shop approval processes. You can store mail templates with default approval policies for sending notifications during the request process and specifying a priority.
To edit default approval policies
Adding to the IT Shop
You can assign approval policies to shops, shopping centers, or shelves. The approval policy is applied to the request from the respective IT Shop nodes if there are no approval policies assigned to child IT Shop nodes. For more information, see Determining effective approval policies.
To assign an approval policy to shops, shopping centers, or shelves
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In the Manager, select the IT Shop > Basic configuration data > Approval policies category.
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In the result list, select the approval policy.
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Select the Add to IT Shop task.
In the Add assignments pane, assign the shops, shopping centers, or shelves.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove shop, shopping center, or shelf assignments.
To remove an assignment
Select the shop, shopping center, or shelf and double-click
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- Save the changes.
Validity checking
Once you have edited an approval policy, you need to test it. This checks whether the approval steps can be used in the approval workflows in this combination. Non-valid approval steps are displayed in the error window.
To test an approval policy
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In the Manager, select the IT Shop > Basic configuration data > Approval policies category.
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Select the approval policy in the result list.
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Select the Validity check task.