Configure Approvers

After you set up a Buying Organization's approval template, you can set up several different approval types for that organization. You can specify individual approvers or approval groups:

Approval Type	Description
User Spending and Approval Limits	Assigns a dollar limit that users can spend or approve. See Users in the Administer Organizations Help module.
Commodity Approvers	Requires a commodity manager to approve a Shopping Cart only if it orders more than a certain number of items for that commodity.
Cost Centers	Requires approval by a cost center or GL account owner if a user submits a Shopping Cart that specifies that center or account. See Cost Centers in the Administer Organizations Help module.
Suppliers	Requires that the system routes Shopping Carts for a particular supplier to a specific person, such as supplier manager. See Supplier Options in the Administer Organizations Help module.
Special Requests	Requires that the system route all special request orders to a certain person. See Special Request Approver in the Administer Organizations Help module.
Shopping Cart Total	Requires that the system route all Shopping Carts with a value greater than the specified amount to a certain person. See Shopping Cart Total Approver in the Administer Organizations Help module.
Blanket Order	Permits Blanket Orders to be assigned to the buying organization. Requires that the system route all Blanket Orders to a certain person for approval

To do this involves:

• Create Approval Roles
• Assign Approval Roles to Users
• Assign Cost Center Approvers / Approval Groups
• Assign Shopping Cart Total Approvers
• Assign Blanket Order Approvers
• Assign Special Request Approvers
• Configure Commodity Approvers
• Assign Supplier Approvers
• Assign Spending Limit Approvers / Approval Groups
• Add Ad-hoc Approvers and Reviewers
• Assign Delegates
• Set-up Approval Escalation