To view the properties of the Return PO to Submitter subprocess, select its process activity in the navigator tree, then choose Properties from the Edit menu. The Return PO to Submitter subprocess has a result type of PO Activity Performed, indicating that when the subprocess completes, it has a result of Activity Performed. This result corresponds to the lookup code in the PO Activity Performed lookup type, in the PO Standard item type.

This subprocess activity is not runnable, indicating that it cannot be initiated as a top-level process to run, but rather can be run only as a subprocess when called by a higher-level process.

If the Find Approver subprocess activity (outside this subprocess activity, in the PO Approval Process) does not find an approver, the Return PO to Submitter subprocess returns the purchase order to the buyer.

The subprocess begins at node 1. Node 2 sets the document back to its status before it entered this subprocess. Node 3 sends the buyer a notification that no approver was found. Node 5 sends the last approver a notification that no approver was found; however, if node 4 finds that the buyer is also the sole or last approver, the subprocess skips node 5 and ends at node 6 so that the buyer does not receive two notifications.