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Setting up the WorkFlow & Approval for Admins

Updated over a week ago

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Advanced Settings

The Form Builder includes an Advanced Settings section to support advanced configurations for approval and workflow functionality.
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Approvals

Admins can use this section to configure and assign approvers for a specific form.

To do this:

  1. Log in to your Admin Console

  2. Go to the Forms Section

  3. You can either start a new form or edit an existing form

  4. Go to the Advanced Settings section

  5. To activate the approval Switch the Toggle on

  6. Choose the Number of Approvers needed

  7. Choose the Assign Approvers - Assign to Either User Group or Individual User

  8. Make the Assign To selection connected to the Assignee type

  9. SAVE


Expiry & Prefix Tab

This section allows you to set the maximum duration for work or approval and the form numbering prefix.
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To do this:

  1. Log in to your Admin Console

  2. Go to the Form

  3. You can either start a new form or edit an existing form

  4. Go to the Advanced Settings section

  5. Click on the Expiry & Prefix tab

  6. Select the Expiry Duration from the following options - Never, Days & Hours

  7. Set the Numbering Prefix - this will be part of the form numbering when a form is completed

  8. Done!


Workflow Numbering System

This setup allows the Admin to select the level at which your workflow numbering will be set to, following are 4 options available:

  1. Organisation Level numbering - unique numbering across your organisation

  2. Organisation Level & Form Category level numbering - unique numbering by each form category across your organisation

  3. Site/Job/Project Level numbering - unique numbering for each site | project | job

  4. Site/Job/Project level & Form Category Level numbering - unique numbering for each Form category on each site | job | project (default setting)


Workflow Tab

This is where you will set up follow-up tasks by adding forms that must be filled out once the main form is completed.

To do this:

  1. Login to the Admin Console

  2. Go to Forms

  3. Click on the Pencil Icon to edit

  4. Go to the Advanced Settings section

  5. Ensure you have set up the Approvals & the Expiry Prefix steps

  6. Click on the Workflow tab

  7. Click the Toggle to activate the workflow

  8. Click on the search bar to Find the form you want as a follow-up task

  9. Select the Assignee type - choose from Submitter | Individual | User Group

  10. Click the Close-out trigger - Once you have added all the required forms, you can set the final form to trigger the close-out process

  11. Click Done to save the workflow

  12. Click Save to save the form

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