To view the properties of the Response with Approve and Forward Action subprocess, select the process in the navigator tree, then choose Properties from the Edit menu. The Response with Approve and Forward Action subprocess has a result type of None, indicating that when the process completes, it doesn't end with a particular result, such as Approved or Rejected.

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

This subprocess begins at node 1.

Node 2 updates the Action History with an Approve and Forward action. If node 3 finds that the requisition has already been approved (considered Pre-Approved here), then this approver's authority does not need to be verified at node 4. Node 6 updates the Oracle internal approval list tables PO_APPROVAL_LIST_HEADERS and PO_APPROVAL_LIST_LINES with the approver's approval and forward action.

If node 3 finds that this requisition has not already been Pre-Approved, the approver's approval authority is verified at node 4. If the approver does not have sufficient authority, node 6 updates the approval list tables, and the workflow (outside this subprocess) looks for the next approver with authority.

If the approver does have authority, node 5 sets the requisition status to Pre-Approved. (Until the requisition is actually approved by the subprocess Approve Requisition or the subprocess Reserve Before Approve, the requisition is still considered Pre-Approved during this subprocess.)

Note: The sequence of events in this subprocess is important. Node 6 depends on the information provided by nodes 2 and 5.