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4 Save the workflow.
What to do next
You create an approval policy that uses the workflow subscription as an approver. Scenario: Create an
Approval Policy for External Approval
Scenario: Create an Approval Policy for External Approval
As a tenant administrator, you create an approval policy that generates an event message that is
published by the approval service. If you configured a workflow subscription with criteria that match the
event message, vRealize Orchestrator runs the selected workflow.
Prerequisites
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Log in to the vRealize Automation console as a tenant administrator or approval administrator.
Procedure
1 Select Administration > Approval Policies.
2 Create an approval policy for your software components.
a
Click the New icon ( ).
b Select Select an approval policy type.
c In the list, select Service Catalog - Catalog Item Request - Software Component.
d Click OK.
e Configure the following options:
Option Configuration
Name Enter Software external approval.
Description Enter Approval request sent to external approval system.
Status Select Active.
3
On the Pre Approval tab, click the Add icon ( ).
4 Configure the Level Information tab with the triggering criteria and the approval actions.
a In the Name text box, enter External level for software.
b In the Description text box, enter
Software approval request sent to external approval system.
c Select Always required.
d Select Use event subscription.
5 Click OK.
Life Cycle Extensibility
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