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Salesforce Useful Approval Processes

Salesforce Useful Approval Processes

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SAMPLE APPROVAL PROCESSES

Summary
Review samples of common
approval processes to help
you get started creating your
own

Review samples of common approval processes to help you get started creating your own

Sample Approval Process PTO Requests

Most companies require employees to file a PTO Paid Time Off request and have their manager approve

it In three phases heres how to automate a simple onestep PTO request process using Salesforce

Prep Your Organization
Before creating the approval process

If you dont yet have a custom object to track your PTO requests create a custom object and tab called

PTO Requests Add the appropriate fields for your PTO Requests such as Start Date End Date

and Employee Name
To notify approvers about a pending approval request create an email template To direct users to
the approval page in Salesforce include approval process merge fields

Create the Approval Process

Use the jump start wizard to create an approval process for the PTO Request custom object and specify

the following

Tip To let the submitter withdraw a submitted PTO request click Edit and choose Initial

Submitters Then select Allow submitters to recall approval requests
Select the email template you created for this approval process

Dont specify filter criteria That way PTO requests are included in this approval process regardless of

their attributes
Select the Automatically assign an approver using a standard or custom
hierarchy field option then choose Manager
The jump start wizard automatically chooses the record owner as the only person who can submit

PTO requests

Wrap Things Up

After you created the approval process add the Approval History related list to the PTO Request object

page layout
Consider adding the Items To Approved related list to your custom home page layouts The related
list shows users all approval requests that are waiting for their response
If you have a sandbox test the approval process then activate it

Last updated November

Sample Approval Processes

Sample Approval Process Expense Reports

Sample Approval Process Expense Reports
If your company requires that employees file expense reports for managers to approve you can automate
this process in Salesforce
Use this example to create a twostep expense report approval process for all employees in your
headquarters office It specifies that expenses less than are automatically approved expenses
and over require manager approval and expenses over require additional approval from two VPs
This example highlights a parallel approval process and the else option
Prep Your Organization
Before creating the approval process
If you dont yet have a custom object to track your expenses create a custom object and tab called
Expense Reports Add the appropriate fields such as Amount Description Status Start
Date and End Date

Create a custom field on the user object Office Location Assign the HQ value to users in

the headquarters office location
Create the Approval Process
Create an approval process using the Expense Report custom object and specify the following
The filter criteria for this approval process is Current User Office Location equals

HQ Records must meet this criteria before they can be submitted to this approval process

Choose the Manager field as the next automated approver
To notify approvers that their approval is requested create an email template To direct users to the
approval page in Salesforce include approval process merge fields
Choose the record owner or any other user who you want to be able to submit expense reports
Create these approval steps
Create a step named Step Manager Approval with these specifications
Name this step Step Manager Approval
Select Enter this step if the following and choose criteria are met Also
choose approve record for the else option
Set the filter criteria to Expense Amount greater or equal
In the Automatically assign to approvers option select the manager of
the user submitting the request
If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve
requests

Create an approval step named Step Multiple VP Approval and specify these

attributes
Use the filter criteria Expense Amount greater or equal
Choose Automatically assign to approvers and select two users with a

VP role

Select the Require UNANIMOUS approval from all selected approvers

option The request isnt approved unless both designated users approve

Sample Approval Processes

Sample Approval Process Discounting Opportunities

If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve
requests

Choose Perform ONLY the rejection actions for this step so

that the request returns to the manager for changes if one of the VPs rejects the request
Tip Consider creating these final approval actions
Define a field update to automatically change the Status field to Approved
Send an approval notification to the user who submitted the expense report
To print a reimbursement check send an outbound message to your backoffice financial system
Wrap Things Up
After you created the approval process add the Approval History related list to the Expense Report
object page layout
Consider adding the Items To Approved related list to your custom home page layouts The related
list shows users all approval requests that are waiting for their response
If you have a sandbox test the approval process then activate it

Sample Approval Process Discounting Opportunities

Opportunities that are discounted more than require a CEO approval Use this example to create a

onestep approval process

Prep Your Organization
Before creating the approval process
To notify approvers about a pending approval request create an email template To direct users to
the approval page in Salesforce include approval process merge fields
Create the following custom fields for opportunities

A percent field called Discount Percent so that users can enter a percentage discount

A checkbox field called Discount Approved to indicate whether the CEO approved the

discount

Create the Approval Process
Create an approval process on the Opportunity object and specify the following
The filter criteria for this approval process is Discount Percent greater or equal
Records must meet this criteria before they can be submitted to this approval process
You dont need to choose a custom field as the next automated approver because you specify later

that the CEO must approve all requests

Select the email template you created for this approval process
Choose the record owner as the only user who can submit a discount request for approval
Create one approval step with no filter criteria since all records submitted must be approved or rejected

Choose Automatically assign to approvers and select the name of your CEO

Sample Approval Processes

Sample Approval Process Job Candidates

If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve requests
Consider creating the following final approval actions
Email alert to notify the user who submitted the discount request
Field update to automatically select the opportunity Discount Approved checkbox

Wrap Things Up
After you created the approval process add the Approval History related list to the appropriate
opportunity page layouts
Consider adding the Items To Approved related list to your custom home page layouts The related
list shows users all approval requests that are waiting for their response
If you have a sandbox test the approval process then activate it

Sample Approval Process Job Candidates
When your company interviews candidates for a position you can have several levels of approval before
you can send an offer letter Use this example to create a threestep approval process that requires approval
from multiple management levels
Prep Your Organization
Before creating the approval process
If you dont yet have a custom object to track candidates create a custom object and tab called
Candidates Add the appropriate fields such as Salary Offer Extended checkbox and
Date of Hire
To notify approvers about a pending approval request create an email template To direct users to
the approval page in Salesforce include approval process merge fields
Create the Approval Process
Create an approval process on the Candidate custom object using the following specifications
Dont enter filter criteria because you want all submitted offers to be approved
Choose the Manager field as the next automated approver
Select the email template you created for this approval process
Choose the record owner or any other user that you want to be able to submit offer letters
Create these approval steps
Create a step named Step Manager Approval
No filter is necessary as you want all records to advance to this step
In the Automatically assign to approvers option select the manager of
the user submitting the request
If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve
requests

Create a step named Step VP Approval

No filter is necessary as you want all records to advance to this step

Sample Approval Processes

Sample Approval Process Job Candidates

To allow the manager to select the appropriate VP to approve the request choose Let the

user choose the approver
If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve
requests

Choose Perform ONLY the rejection actions for this step so

that the request returns to the manager for changes if the VP rejects the request

Create a step named Step CFO Approval

No filter is necessary as you want all records to advance to this step
Choose Automatically assign to approvers and select the name of your

CFO

If appropriate choose The approvers delegate may also approve this
request if you want to allow the user in the Delegated Approver field to approve
requests

Choose Perform all rejection actions for this step AND all

final rejection actions Final Rejection so that offer letters rejected

by your CFO are completely rejected

Tip
Consider creating the following final approval actions
Email alert to notify the user who submitted the offer letter request
Field update to select the Offer Extended checkbox
Consider creating this final rejection action
Email alert to notify the manager that the offer cant be extended
Wrap Things Up
After you created the approval process add the Approval History related list to the Candidates object
page layout
Consider adding the Items To Approved related list to your custom home page layouts The related
list shows users all approval requests that are waiting for their response
If you have a sandbox test the approval process then activate it

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