To view the properties of the Reject PO subprocess, select its process activity in the navigator tree, then choose Properties from the Edit menu. The Reject PO subprocess has a result type of PO Approval Action and Doc Verification, indicating that when the subprocess completes, it has a result of Invalid Action or Valid Action. These results correspond to the lookup codes in the PO Approval Action and Doc Verification 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.

The subprocess begins at node 1.

At node 2, this subprocess records the approver's rejection of the purchase order in the Action History window and changes the status of the document to Rejected. If the subprocess cannot reject the document (for example, the document's status has changed to closed, frozen, or on hold), node 5 sends a notification to the approver that the document could not be rejected. (If the document is rejected, a notification outside this subprocess in the PO Approval process, sends the rejection notification.)

If the Document Approval Manager fails at node 2, node 4 sends a notification of the failure to the approver. Once the Document Approval Manager is restarted successfully, the workflow continues if the approver or system administrator responds to the notification with Retry.