To view the properties of the Notify Approver subprocess, select the process in the navigator tree, then choose Properties from the Edit menu. The Notify Approver subprocess has a result type of PO Document Approval Action, indicating that when the process completes, it has a result of Approve, Approve and Forward, Forward, or Reject. These results correspond to the lookup codes in the PO Document Approval Action lookup type in the PO Standard item type.

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

The subprocess begins at node 1.

Node 2 updates the action history. The action history records that the document awaits a response from the approver. (Other Update Action History function activities, used in other subprocesses, work together with this one to update the Action History window.)

Node 3 sends a notification to the approver that the document requires approval. If you have entered a Timeout in the Properties window for node 3, node 10 sends a reminder notification to the approver. The Timeout indicates how long the workflow waits before sending the reminder, if the approver does not respond. If you have entered a Timeout number for node 10, node 17 sends another reminder.

If the approver performs an Approve And Forward or a Forward action, nodes 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, and 22 make sure the forward-to is a valid user name.

The Approval List Routing subprocess, in which this subprocess is contained, behaves differently depending on how the approver responds here-with Approve And Forward, Approve, Reject, or Forward.