With deadline monitoring, approvers and creators of purchase order to know if the purchase order approval has crossed the deadline maintained in the workflow.
How it looks:
Types of deadlines:
Types of deadlines:
There are 2 types of deadlines that can be configured:
Example: If the workflow has 3 level approval and deadline is maintained as 10 minutes for third level, then the deadline for this step will start only when the purchase order reaches the third level of approval. This does not take into consideration the time spent on the previous levels/
How to Configure Deadline Monitoring for Purchase Order Workflow
Deadlines can be configured under the section ‘Step Sequence’ while creating a workflow. Go to tab ‘Deadlines’ and click on ‘Add’ button.
After clicking the Add button you will see the below pop-up:
Details in the app Manage Purchase Orders:
The below screenshot shows the ‘Approval Details’ tab for a purchase order that passed through 3 levels of approval. In the first two levels, the purchase order it was approved after the deadline was over. Hence ‘Finished Late’ is shown under the ‘Deadline’. The purchase order is in approval on third level, and has also crossed the deadline by 44 seconds. Hence ‘Overdue’ is marked for this level. Once the third level approval is over, this step will also be marked as ‘Finished Late’ under the tab ‘Deadline’.
Note:
Whichever deadline comes first, will be executed.
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