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You congure custom properties that you want to add to the approval form to allow the approver to
modify the value.
Approval Policy Type Settings
The approval policy type determines how the approval policy is congured and to what items or actions
you can apply it in the entitlement. When you add approval levels, the policy type or item aects which
elds are available to create conditions for the approval levels.
Select Administration > Approval Polices. Click New.
Table 4‑53. Approval Policy Type Options
Option Description
Select an approval policy type Create an approval policy based on the policy request type.
Select this option to dene an approval policy that is
applicable to all catalog items of that type. The request type
can be a generic request, a catalog item request, or a
resource action request.
The available condition conguration options vary
depending on the type. The more specic the type the more
specic the conguration elds. For example, Service
Catalog - Catalog Item Request provides only the elds
that are common to all catalog item requests, but a Service
Catalog - Catalog Item Request - Virtual Machine also
includes the common options and options specic to
virtual machines.
The request type limits the catalog items or actions to
which you can apply the approval policy.
Select an item Create an approval policy based on a specic item.
Select this option to dene an approval policy that is
applicable to specic items that are not available as
individual items in the service catalog, only as part of a
machine or other deployment. For example, software
components.
The available condition conguration elds are specic to
the item and can be more detailed than the criteria oered
for a policy type item.
List Lists the available policy type or catalog items.
Search or sort the columns to locate a specic item or type.
Add Approval Policy Settings
You congure the basic information about the approval policy, including the state to the policy, so that you
can manage the policy.
To dene the basic approval policy information, select Administration > Approval Polices. Click New.
Select the policy type and click OK.
Table 4‑54. Approval Policy Options
Option Description
Name Name that appears when applying the approval policy in
an entitlement.
Description Provide a verbose description of how the approval policy is
constructed. This information will help you manage your
approval policies.
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