Current Situation

• The General Journal Batch Approval workflow is enabled.
• Only one individual is designated as the approver.
• The sender of the approval request is also the designated approver.
• As a result, auto-approval occurs, which conflicts with audit requirements mandating segregation of duties - specifically, that the same person should not both prepare and post a transaction.

Proposed Solution

Introduce a configuration setting to control whether auto-approvals are permitted:

• If enabled: The workflow continues to function as it currently does, allowing auto-approval.
• If disabled: Approval requests are redirected to an alternate approver, specified in a new column within the Approval User Setup.