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Table 4‑52. Approval Policy Options (Continued)
Option Description
Status Possible values include:
n
Draft. The approval policy is not available to apply in
entitlements. After you make a policy active, you can never
return it to draft.
n
Active. The approval policy is available to apply in
entitlements.
n
Inactive. The approval policy is not available to apply in
entitlements. If the policy has not been applied to
entitlements and you make inactive, you can delete the
policy but you cannot reactivate it. If the policy has been
applied and you make inactive, the items to which it applies
must be linked to a different policy or the items are unlinked.
Unlinked items and actions are still entitled to users, but
they do not have an applied approval policy.
Policy Type Displays the approval policy request type.
If you selected a catalog item on which to base the approval
policy, the associated request type is displayed.
Item Displays the selected catalog item.
If you selected a request type on which to base the approval
policy, this field is blank.
Last Updated By Name of the user who made changes to the approval policy.
Last Updated On Date of the last change to the approval policy.
Pre Approval Level To require approval before the requested items is provisioned or
the actions run, configure one or more conditions that trigger an
approval process when the service catalog user requests the
item.
Post Approval Level To require approval after the item is provisioned but before the
provisioned or modified item is released to the requesting
service catalog user, configure one or more conditions that
trigger an approval process.
For example, the virtual infrastructure administrator verifies that
the virtual machine is in a workable state before releasing it to
the service catalog user.
View Linked Entitlements Displays all the entitlements where the approval policy is applied
to services, catalog items, or actions. You can link the items in
one entitlement to a different policy.
This option is only available when you view an active approval
policy.
Add Level Information to Approval Policy Settings
An approval level includes the conditions that trigger an approval process when the service catalog user
requests the item, and any system properties and customer properties that you want to include. When
triggered, the approval requests are sent to the designated approvers.
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