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At this level, the Approval engine first checks the Item Type Action per the Access Request policy to see if the policy designates different Approval Flow policies for the item based on its Access Request policy. If there isn't a specific Access Request policy defined for the Item Type Action, the engine checks the Item Type Action itself for a specific Approval Flow Rule. If there isn't a specific Approval Flow Rule set, the Approval engine falls back on the Approval Flow Policy for the item as specified on the item's Access Request policy.
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Every resource in the system has one and only one Access Request Policy. By default, if you don't set it, it's going to be the default Access Request Policy. |
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Figure 3 above illustrates how approval flows work in EmpowerID at a high level. This example creates a new Business Request to onboard an employee. The onboarding request includes a Business Role, a group, and a Management Role. Once all levels of approval are cleared, items in a Business Request can proceed to fulfillment. This process is managed by the Business Request Item Fulfillment Job, which handles items ready for fulfillment in two ways, based on whether they are associated with Correlation IDs.
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