There may be several instances in your business when certain actions need approval from one or more senior decision-makers. For instance, sales reps offering product discounts to customers need the approval of their manager before they do so. Marketers planning a campaign may need the approval of the Marketing head as well as the Finance head to go ahead with the campaign. Read this tutorial to find more use cases.
In your CRM database when there are loads of decisions to be approved, it becomes a tiresome task to sort through records and send them for someone’s approval. Zoho CRM’s workflow approval process makes this easier by automating the entire approval process.
Users with the Manage Automation profile permission can set up the approval process by specifying criteria based on which records will be sent for approval. You can also include a set of actions that will be performed on approval and rejection.
Availability
Permission Required
Users with Manage workflow permission in their profile can access this feature.
The Approval Tab will be displayed for all the users.
Each approval process is associated to a rule that defines the process. You need to specify the rule criteria, the approval authority and also actions that need to be carried out on approval or rejection. Create approval processes for purchase ...
What is an approval process? Approval processes allow organizations to streamline the approval of various business activities across Zoho CRM. For example, an organization may need a senior member to approve sales orders, budgets, capital expenses, ...
Business processes are a series of activities performed by a group of users to achieve a specific goal. Whether it's a small startup or a large corporate firm, most organizations have countless processes running every day that aids in streamlining ...
Characteristics Approval process Review process Execute on Record creation and edit. Applies to all records that enter the CRM system. Modules Standard and custom Standard and custom Entity (records or fields) for approval A record is considered for ...
When there are multiple approval processes for a module, the system checks if a record matches the criteria in an approval process in the same order in which it is listed. By default, the approval processes are listed in a chronological order with ...