Approval Actor controls the status of the PR (from-to), the person who take the action.

Also, the email notification (Title and Heading) can be mentioned here.


Follow below configuration:

(1) Workflow ID, according to Approval Workflows to identify which workflow to be configured.

(2) From Status (Purchase Request)

(3) To Status (Purchase Request)

(4) Actor - who to take the action 

*Requester is no need to identify here. Since user apart from particular role is the requester.

E.g. From Reviewed to "Recommended", for Engineering Department, the person who click the button to approve and let this happen is Division Director.

Therefore, Actor = Division Director.

(5) Next Actor: This is the role to trigger the email notification. User determines which role to send notification to.

(6) Send to Self: The email notification will also be sent to the one who take action.

E.g. GM approved the PR, the approval email will also be sent to GM.

(7) Send to Requester - Send the email to the Requester

(8) Send to Next Actor - Send the email to the next actor (identified)

(9) Create Entry: This is used to create approval entry 

*IF the PR is cancel / Return / Reject, no need to check this box since it does not require approval.

(10) Send to Current Chain - Send email to the people involved in this PR

**This part already includes "Send to Requester". If this box has been checked, user no need to check "Send to Requester" to avoid duplicate email.

Remark: For the status is from Approved to Cancelled, each authorized user who is allowed to Cancel the request are need to setup in the list. 

For example, both OA, Procurement Manager, and Division Director can also cancel the PR, the setting for each actor is required.

          Please note, only one "Send to Current Chain" box to be checked, it because the email to be triggered according to the "To Status", no need to consider who cancel the PR.

(11) Email Subject - the text to be shows on the email subject

(12) Email Body - the text to be shows on the email content

(13) Include Attachment - Whether to include the “Purchase Requisition” in PDF format, and sent to the Requester, all previous Approvers.

(14) Include Quotation Total - Whether to show the Quotation Total in the email.

Email example: