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Table 4‑55. Level Information Options
Option Description
Name Enter a name.
The level name appears when you are reviewing requests
with approval policies.
Description Enter a level description.
For example, CPU>4 to VI Admin.
When is approval required? Select when the approval policy is triggered.
Always required The approval policy is triggered for every request.
If you select this option and apply this approval policy to
eligible services, catalog items, or actions in an entitlement,
then the request must be approved by the specied
approver method before it is provisioned. For example, all
requests must be approved by the requesting user's
manager.
Required based on conditions The approval policy is based on one or more condition
clauses.
If you select this option, you must create the conditions.
When this approval policy is applied to eligible services,
catalog items, or actions in an entitlement, then the
conditions are evaluated. If the conditions are true, then the
request must be approved by the specied approver
method before it is provisioned. If the conditions are false,
then the request is provisioned without requiring an
approval. For example, any requests for a virtual machine
with 4 or more CPUs must be approved by the virtual
infrastructure administrator.
The availability of the elds on which to base the
conditions is determined by the selected approval policy
type or catalog item.
When you enter a value for a condition, the values are case-
sensitive.
To congure more than one condition clause, select the
Boolean operation for the clauses.
n
All of the following. The approval is triggered when all
of the clauses are true. This a Boolean AND operator
between each clause.
n
Any of the following. The approval level is triggered
when at least one of clauses is true. This is a Boolean
OR operator between each clause.
n
Not the following. The approval level is triggered is
none of the clauses are true. This is a Boolean NOT
operator between each clause.
Approvers Select the approver method.
 Users and Groups Sends the approval request to the selected users.
Select the users or user groups that must approve the
service catalog request before it is provisioned or an action
runs. For example, the request goes to the virtual
infrastructure administrator group with Anyone can
approve selected.
Determine users from the request Sends the approval request to the users based on the
dened condition.
For example, if you are applying this approval policy
across business groups and you want the business group
manger to approve the request, select Business group >
Consumer > Users > Manager.
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