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Table 455. Level Information Options (Continued)
Option Description
Use event subscription Processes the approval request based on dened event
subscriptions.
The workow subscription must be dened in
Adminstration > Events > Subcriptions. The applicable
workow subscriptions are pre-approval and post-
approval.
Anyone can approve Only one of the approvers must approve before the request
is processed.
When the item is requested in the service catalog, requests
for approval are sent to all approvers. If one approver
approves the request, the request is approved and the
request for approval is removed from the other approvers'
inboxes.
If the rst approver rejects the request, the requesting user
is notied about the rejection and the approval request is
removed from the approvers' inboxes.
If the rst approver approves and the approval request is
open in the second approver's console, the approver is not
allowed to submit the approval request. It was considered
completed by the rst approvers response.
If you select  Users and Groups or Determine
approvers from the request, and there is more than one
approver, this is one of the additional options. If there is
only one approver, this option to not apply.
All must approve All of the specied approvers must approve before the
request is processed.
If you select  Users and Groups or Determine
approvers from the request, and there is more than one
approver, this is one of the additional options. If there is
only one approver, this option to not apply.
Add System Properties to Approval Policy Settings
You selected system properties that you want to add to the approval form and allow the approver to modify
the value.
For example, for a virtual machine approval, select CPU if you want to allow the approver to modify a
request for 6 CPUs to 4 CPUs.
To select system properties, 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 ( ) and click the System
Properties tab.
Table 456. System Properties Options
Option Description
Properties The list of available system properties depends on the
selected request type or catalog item, and whether system
properties exist for the item.
Some properties are available only when the blueprint is
congured in a particular way. For example, CPUs. The
blueprint to which you are applying the approval policy
with the CPU system property must be congured as a
range. For example, CPU minimum is 2 and the maximum
is 8.
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