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Approval groups can be used to manually group a bunch of Core Identity into a group that than can be configured then serve as an approval group for assignements of either a Role or a Resource. If another Whenever a new assignement between a Core Identity will be added to and such a role or resource is set, the members of the approval groups get notified reveive a notification and they are asked to either approve or decline the assignmentthis assignment. If multiple approval groups are set, then the approval of each group will be required.

Properties

When adding or configuring an approval group to a role Role or a resource Resource, you are presented with the following properties:

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If neither Approve automatic assignements nor Approve manual assignments is checked, the approval group will not have any effect. You can use both of them at the same time, or either one or the other.

Include manager & include line manager

When configuring Approval groups within Master data management, you may optionally activate either of these two features:

Including the manager will automatically add the Core Identity configured to be the assignee’s manager to the approval group, if a manager is set.

Including the line manager will automatically add the Core Identity identified to be the assignee’s next superior using the organizational structure (see Organizational unit), if it can be resolved.