If any members of the collaboration team are designated approvers, you must obtain their approval on your negotiation document before you can publish it. All approvers must approve the document. Once you submit your document for approval, the approvers are sent notifications requiring their interaction. An approver can approve the negotiation document or reject it, in which case you receive a notification of the rejection. The rejection notification may include a request for more information or additional information explaining the reason for the rejection.
To submit a negotiation for approval:
Create your negotiation. On the Create Negotiation: Header page ensure that all necessary approvers are included on the Collaboration Team and marked as Approvers.
Continue creating your negotiation.
On the Create Negotiation: Review page, click Submit for Approval.
Optionally enter a note to the approvers. Otherwise click Submit.
During the approval process, you can view a table displaying the events that have occurred concerning your approval submission. These include your initial submission and any approvals or rejections your document has received.
To view the approval status of a negotiation document:
Access the document (the document will be in Draft status)
On the Manage Draft Negotiations page, select the negotiation and click Review and Update.
Note that a draft or approved negotiation can be edited by the buyer anytime during this stage.
On the Create Negotiation: Review page, select View Approval History from the Actions menu and click Go.
Once all approvers have approved the document, the Publish button becomes available on the Create Negotiation: Review page. Click Publish to open the negotiation for preview or responding.