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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Defining Approval Rules

To define a new approval rule, navigate to Managed Documents > Administration > Approval Rules and click New.

FieldDescription
NameA unique identifier for the approval rule.
ActiveA check box indicating whether this approval rule is used.
ConditionA condition builder that determines which documents use this approval rule.
DescriptionA short description of the approval rule.

Once the approval rule is saved, the Approvers related list defines which approvers are added if the conditions in the Condition field are met.

The following approval rules are available in the base system.

NameCondition
Internal policytype=Policy ^ audience=Internal
Development policytype=Policy ^ department=Development

Parent Topic:Defining Document Parameters

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