Workflow participants

A key component of approval workflow nodes is the participant and escalation participant. The escalation participant is one or more signature authorities that must approve or reject the request.

The participant can be an individual or a group of individuals, including the following individuals:.

• Requestee, the person for whom an action is done
• Requestor, who does an action
• Service owner
• System administrator

Some participant types are organization-related.

• Sponsor for a workflow in which a valid requestee is specified.

  We can specify a sponsor for each business partner person or business partner organization. A workflow determines the sponsor that is appropriate to the requestee, based on a BPPerson object or BPOrg object. In the tree, the Sponsor that is selected is the closest to the requestee BPPerson.

• Supervisor for a workflow in which a valid requestee is specified.

  We can specify a supervisor for users, organization units, and locations. A workflow determines the supervisor that is appropriate to the requestee, based on the Person object, or from the closest location or organization unit object that has a supervisor. In the tree, the Supervisor that is selected is the closest to the requestee person.

• Domain administrator for a workflow in which the service subject or requestee is specified. If the service is not specified, it is based on the admin domain that is closest to the requestee.

  We can specify an administrator for an admin domain. A workflow determines the administrator based on the admin domain that has an administrator and is closest to the service.

Parent topic: Workflows