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Table 4‑54. 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 dierent 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 eld 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, congure 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 modied item is released to the
requesting service catalog user, congure one or more
conditions that trigger an approval process.
For example, the virtual infrastructure administrator
veries 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 dierent 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.
To dene the basic approval policy information, select Administration > Approval Polices. Click New.
Select the policy type and click OK. On the Pre Approval or Post Approval tab, click the New icon ( ).
You prioritize levels based on the order that you want them processed. When the approval policy is
triggered, if the rst level of approval is rejected, the request is rejected.
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