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Design Requisition Approvals

RETURN TO PRIOR STEP: Develop the Job Description

KEY TOPICS:

  • Overview of the Approval Process and Participants
    • Choose a Method for Developing the Approval Process
  • Select an Existing Approval Process
  • Develop an Approval Process while Creating the Requisition
    • Select the Approver(s)
  • How the Approval Process is Activated

RELATED TOPICS:

NEXT STEP: Assemble Job Seeker Forms

Select one or more Approvers as part of Building a Requisition

(Optional) As the third step of adding a Requisition to the system, an Approval Process can be instituted as a triggering action for advancing a Pending Requisition to Open.

Overview of the Approval Process and Participants

balanceTRAK offers an array of options for users to develop and participate in an Approval Process for a Requisition. In this article, the options for determining an Approval Process as part of adding a new Requisition are discussed. For most installations, the Approval Process will be automatically triggered when all of the Add New Requisition steps are completed and the system has built the Requisition.

As a balanceTRAK user, you may participate in the Approval Process as:

  • The submitter (Requisition owner)

    • OR

  • An approver (e.g., Human Resource director, hiring manager)
  • For organizations with multiple, pre-determined Approval Processes, your organization's balanceTRAK Administrator will manage a library of Approval Process Templates. These templates will be available to assist the Requisition owner in determining an Approval Process by Requisition.

Home page Dashboard reminders and email notifications will support the submitter and the approver(s) during the Approval Process. Instructions pertaining to both roles are included below.

Choose a Method for Developing an Approval Process

As a RequisitionThe creator, you havehas two principal options for developing the Approval Process:

  • Select one from the system's existing library
  • Create a unique Approval Process for the Requisition (and optionally, save it for future use)

Some users may be limited to selecting an existing Approval Process, which is described next.

Select an Existing Requisition

Most typically, the Requisition creator will simply apply an existing Approval Process from the system's library to the current Requisition.

To use this method, select the radio button in the upper toolbar for: Existing. Then choose an entry from the adjacent drop-down. The Approvers will display in the right-hand column.

If this method is implemented and the process is correct (or locked to prevent editing), move directly to the [Next Step] in adding the new Requisition: Forms.

Develop an Approval Process while Creating the Requisition

The balanceTRAK user with appropriate permissions can develop an Approval Process as part of the Add New Requisition.

Select the Approver(s)

Determining participants for an Approval Process is based on a drag-and-drop method.

Click Select:the radio button for: New.

  • New (Administrators or Requisition owners only)
    • Drag and drop Available Approvers to Selected Approvers, using the provided name bars. To create a Basic Group of users (from which only one needs to provide approval), drop a name bar on top of a name bar already in the Selected Approvers column. Once a group is made, other Available Approvers may be added; selected Approvers may be moved into the group; and additional Basic Groups may be created. Adjust the order of the name bars or groups, as necessary.

OR

  • Existing (and select one from the provided drop-down)

How the Process is Activated

When [Create Requisition] is selected (after all steps of Add New Requisition are completed), the Pending Status of the Requisition will trigger an email to be sent to one or more Selected Approvers in order, and the approver will see a Dashboard notification upon entering the software.

Note: If you are an Administrator, requiring more detailed instructions on developing Approval Processes, using Administrative Settings, see the article linked above.

Click [Next Step] to save the Approval Process to the draft Requisition and proceed to the Forms tab.