Difference between one step approval and N-step approval?

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Can anyone tell what is major difference between one step approval and N step approval?

I guess its only one person will approve incase one step approval and where as in the N-step approval a shopping cart can be approved by many users under some prerequistes right??

can some one provide me some hints on this.....

how does it make a difference in workflows and how to mantain the settings for this in the SPRO. for this one to setup a one-step and N-step approvals. what are points to be taken care while setting up this?

Please can some one clarify me on this

Regards

Sairam.

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[Former Member]

Hi,

1 step approval - Number of approvals will be 1

n step - number of approvals greater then 2(since std approval workflow present till 2 level)

The general customising steps for Workflows apply to both of them (like SWU3 customising.event linkage etc) but other then that for,

1 step approval -

-->Need to activate the starting conditions

-->Agent assignment to be done seperately for the Approval task

(Also the N step workflow can be used as 1 step workflow with number of approvals being set to 1 through the Logic in the badi.)

N step approval -

-->to be implemented through BADI BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI .This BADi actually determines the Agents/approvers for the workflow.

-->As per my exp,this workflow is very unstable and for few updates,you may have to apply number of notes(e.g. Approval status not updated properly,graphical preview not visible properly etc)

BR,

Disha.

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[imthiaz_ahmed]

Yes you are almost there. You need to implement this BADI BBP_WFL_APPROV_BADI. Activate this standard WF WS14000133. Once you implement this 'n' step approval WF, there is no need to keep other WF active until otherwise for any specific reason.

Imthiaz