It may be the case that one or more approvers must review and sign off on your award recommendation before you can generate its associated purchasing document. This ensures that, once created, the purchasing document will not need to be changed in the future. You can require the approval of the award recommendation by clicking the "Require award approval" response control on theControlspage while creating your negotiation.
Once you have saved your award decisions, a notification is sent to the first approver in the approval chain requesting that the approver view the decision, which the approver can accept or reject. If the approver rejects the decision, a notification is sent to the negotiation creator. If the approver allows the decision, a notification is sent to the next approver in the approval chain. The approval cycle continues until all the required approvers have viewed and approved the decision. Once the decision has been approved, a notification is sent to the creator who can then begin generating the purchasing document. The approval chain is defined in Oracle Approvals Management and can use both the Employee/Supervisor and the Position Hierarchy structures.