Hi, we have a client that is currently on GP 18.6 and we are migrating them to Business Central. They use workflows for Purchase Invoices and the workflow has 3 approval steps. The 3rd approval step goes to a group of approvers and a majority has to approver. For instance, workflow approval email is sent to 3 approvers and 2 of the 3 need to approve. This functionality is not available in Business Central and I know it would be a great addition to the Workflow configuration options. The expectation is that BC provides a minimum, the same functionality as GP, and really should be better.
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Hi Laura,If you're using workflow user groups to do this, then what you're asking for might be doable. Simply give the 3rd approval step users the same sequence, so they can all receive the notification at the same time. Change the final condition from Pending Approvals: 0 to 1, assuming there are only 3 left who must approve, and 2 out of the 3 must approve which will leave you with 1. In the Response for this step, add an "Approve the approval request for the record.". This will find and approve the remaining approvals. If you have 5, for example, and you need 3 out of 5 to approve, then set the Pending Approvals value to 2.
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Business Central Team (administrator)
Thank you for this suggestion! Currently this is not on our roadmap. We are tracking this idea and if it gathers more votes and comments we will consider it in the future. Best regards, Business Central Team