The action initiates the element approval process. Then you can configure actions for both cases: if the element is approved or if it's not.

Action parameters

• Approving voters - select users who need to approve the element.
• Approval type - how the element is approved:
  1. All Persons - the element needs to be approved by all users.
  2. Any Person - the element needs to be approved by any person.
  3. Vote - the element will be approved by voting.
     For this approval type, there is the Wait for responses from all participants option. If you select no, the action will be completed automatically once the minimum percentage of participating users required for acceptance is reached.
• Assignment name - the name of the assignment that users will get.
• Assignment description - additional information about the assignment.
• Set Status Message - enable this option to track the status of the assignment. You can check the current status in the business process log.
• Status Text - this status will be displayed in the business process log.
• Accept button text and Reject button text - text that will be displayed on accept/reject buttons.
• Show comment input field - enable this option to let employees leave comments on the assignment. Upon execution of the action, you can get a comment text value from the Additional results section of the Insert Value form.
• Comment is required - enable this option to make a comment field required.
• Comment input field label - the title of the comment field.
• Time limit - if an element is not approved or rejected before this period expires, it will be automatically rejected.
• Show assignment description only to responsible persons - enable this option to hide the assignment description from everyone excepting responsible persons. The assignment won't be shown in Feed in this case. This option comes in handy if you need to transmit secret information: passwords, pin codes etc.
• Delegate to - who the assignment can be delegated to.

The action lets users read the element and post comments.

Action parameters

• Reviewers - a list of users who need to review the element.
• Assignment name - the name of the assignment that users will get.
• Assignment description - additional information about the assignment.
• Require reading by - specify if the element must be reviewed by all users or by any user.
• Set Status Message - enable this option to track the status of the assignment. You can check the current status in the business process log.
• Status Text - this status will be displayed in the business process log.
• Assignment button label - the text that will be displayed on the assignment button.
• Show comment input field - enable this option to let employees leave comments on the assignment. Upon execution of the action, you can get a comment text value from the Additional results section of the Insert Value form.
• Comment is required - enable this option to make a comment field required.
• Comment input field label - the title of the comment field.
• Time limit - the process of element examination will be terminated automatically when the period times out.
• Show assignment description only to responsible persons - enable this option to hide the assignment description from everyone excepting responsible persons. The assignment won't be shown in Feed in this case. This option comes in handy if you need to transmit secret information: passwords, pin codes etc.
• Delegate to - who the assignment can be delegated to.

The action requests for additional information from the user. This information is necessary to complete the workflow.

Action parameters

• Employees to provide additional information - a list of employees that need to provide the additional information. If you add several employees to the list, the action is completed when any of them provides the required information.
• Assignment name - the name of the assignment that an employee will get.
• Assignment description - additional information about the assignment.
• Assignment button label - the sign that will be displayed on the assignment button.
• Show comment input field - enable this option to let employees leave comments on the assignment. Upon execution of the action, you can get a comment text value from the Additional results section of the Insert Value form.
• Comment is required - enable this option to make a comment field required.
• Comment input field label - the title of the comment field.
• Set status message - enable this option to track the status of the assignment. You can check the current status in the business process log.
• Status text - this status will be displayed in the business process log.
• Wait for information for - the action will be auto-completed after the specified timeout expires.
• Show assignment description only to responsible persons - enable this option to hide the assignment description from everyone excepting responsible persons. The assignment won't be shown in Feed in this case. This option comes in handy if you need to transmit secret information: passwords, pin codes etc.
• Delegate to - who the assignment can be delegated to.

Fields

Here you need to specify what additional information you want to request from an employee.

The action requests for additional information from the user. The main difference from the Request for extra info (require response) action is that the request can be declined by the user.

Action parameters

• Employees to provide additional information - a list of employees that need to provide the additional information. If you add several employees to the list, the action is completed when any of them provides the required information.
• Assignment name - the name of the assignment that an employee will get.
• Assignment description - additional information about the assignment.
• Assignment button label - the sign that will be displayed on the assignment button.
• Show comment input field - enable this option to let employees leave comments on the assignment. Upon execution of the action, you can get a comment text value from the Additional results section of the Insert Value form.
• Comment is required - enable this option to make a comment field required.
• Comment input field label - the title of the comment field.
• Set status message - enable this option to track the status of the assignment. You can check the current status in the business process log.
• Status text - this status will be displayed in the business process log.
• Wait for information for - the action will be auto-completed after the specified timeout expires.
• Restrict access - enable this option to hide the assignment description from everyone excepting responsible persons.
• Delegate to - who the assignment can be delegated to.
  Administrators can delegate assignments even if it's not allowed.
• Can be declined by:
  1. All employees - the request must be declined by all employees.
  2. Any employee - the action stops requesting the additional information if any employee declines the request.
• Text for "Decline" button in task - the sign that will be displayed on the "decline" button.
• Save values on failure - if you enter data during the assignment, but decline it, the parameter will save the latest values.

Fields

Here you need to specify what additional information do you want to request from an employee.