chain rule

A rule used to determine whether to add new approval requests to an approval flow. Chain rules are typically used to simulate recursion in approval rules, and add managers up a chain of command.

A Chain rule takes an approvable and a filtered approval request as input and determines whether or not to add a new approval request.

See the Ariba Buyer Approval Rules Guide for more information about Chain rules.

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