You can approve requests that originate from any partition. However, to edit a request while you approve or deny it, you must be logged in to the same partition in which the request was created.

If you are the last approver for a request that requires a supplier and a supplier is not specified, a message is displayed and you cannot approve the request.

If you try to approve a new version of a requisition (indicated by a version number such as V2) generated as a result of a change or cancel order, and the status of the original order has meanwhile changed to a status that does not support change or cancel orders, you cannot approve the new version of the requisition and an error message is displayed.

If you chose not to archive or move a request at the time you approved or denied it, or if a request was denied, approved, or withdrawn before you could act on it, the request remains in your To Do list. To move the request, select a folder to which to move the request and then click Move.

The Type column and icons indicate the document type; for example, a requisition.

1. Review the list of requests for which your approval is required.
   • You must act on requests whose status is Submitted. The list can include requests with other statuses; for example, requests that have already been approved or denied by an approver parallel to you in the approval flow, denied by an approver who precedes you in the approval flow, or that have been withdrawn by the requester. In these cases, the request status appears as Denied, Approved, or Withdrawn, and you are no longer required to act on the request. However, it can be useful to review the request and add comments, as appropriate.
   • To display an approval summary of the request, from which you can also approve or deny the request or drill down to request details, click any link in a request.
   • To review other pending requests, click an arrow to display the previous or next page or select a page from the pull-down menu.
   • If available, click the Table Options icon, located in the row above the column headers, to display commands that control the display of data in the table. For example, you can hide or show columns of data; group data; or export data to Excel. .
2. To approve or deny one or more requests, click the check box for each request and then click Approve or Deny. You are then asked to provide a comment and indicate a folder to archive or move the request.