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<Session ID="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2105m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Approvers (tdpur2105m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to view, enter, and
		  maintain a list of valid approvers (individuals or departments) who can approve <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000153" role="glossary">purchase requisitions</Link> and to define a hierarchy in the approval structure.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>The approver list is limited to valid employees and valid
			 departments. An approver can be:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>A normal approver.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>An approver that belongs to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#PurchaOffice_tc" role="glossary">purchase office</Link>.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A normal department.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>A department that is a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#PurchaOffice_tc" role="glossary">purchase office</Link>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can only specify an approver list if the <Link href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m200#tdpur000.xapp.2" role="formfield">External Approval</Link> check box is cleared in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m200" role="session">Purchase Requisition Parameters (tdpur0100m200)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000056" role="manual">Purchase requisitions</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000025" role="manual">Purchase requisition approval process</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.atpy">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approver Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Indicates whether the approver is a person or a department.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.apem">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approver</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The employee code of an approver who has authority to approve a
		  purchase requisition.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The approver receives requisitions submitted by requesters.
			 The approver can approve or reject a requisition.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000043" role="manual">Purchase requisition statuses</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.dept">
         <Header>
            <Title>Department</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2105m000#tdpur205.atpy" role="manual">Approver Type</GUIRef> field
		  is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.atyp#indv" role="option">Individual</GUIRef>, this field
		  defaults to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0101m000#tccom001.cwoc" role="manual">Department</GUIRef> that is linked to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2105m000#tdpur205.apem" role="manual">Approver</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur2105m000#tdpur205.atpy" role="manual">Approver Type</GUIRef> field
			 is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.atyp#dept" role="option">Department</GUIRef>, enter the
			 department code of an approver department.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.prnt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Parent Approver</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The employee code of an approver's senior in the organization.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.levl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The hierarchial position of an employee as an approver in the
		  approval structure.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>If X, Y, and Z are approvers in the approval structure,
			 with Z reporting to Y and Y reporting to X, then:</Paragraph>
            <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <THEAD noTR="1">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Approver</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Parent Approver</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Level</TD>
                  </TR>
               </THEAD>
               <TBODY noTR="3">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">-</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">0</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Y</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">X</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="3" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Z</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Y</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">2</TD>
                  </TR>
               </TBODY>
            </TABLE>
            <Paragraph>Level 0 is the highest level.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.efdt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effective Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date and time as from which the individual/department is
		  authorized to be an approver.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tdpur205.exdt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Expiry Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date and time on which the approver status of the
		  individual/department expires.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>