To view the properties of the Start of Approve Requisition Process, select the process in the navigator tree, then choose Properties from the Edit menu. This subprocess has a result type of PO Activity Performed, indicating that when the subprocess completes, it has a result of Activity Performed. This result corresponds to the lookup code in the PO Activity Performed 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 can be run only when called by another higher-level process.

This subprocess begins at node 1.

Node 2 removes previous notifications for this document if previous versions of the document that were sent to the workflow were incomplete or rejected. Node 3 sets startup values. Node 4 sets the requisition status to In Process.

Node 5 looks for an approval list created in iProcurement. (Here, node 5 finds the approval list and updates the Purchasing approval list tables. The activity Does Approval List Exist? in the Main Requisition Approval Process simply checks again for the approval list to determine how to branch in the Main process.)

Node 6 determines whether the requisition approval process is set up to run in Online or Background performance modes according to the profile option PO: Workflow Processing Mode, and if it is, node 7 waits for the background engine to begin. Node 8 retrieves requisition attributes (requisition information and internal Workflow attributes).