Saturday, 5 September 2020

Difference between Delegate and Reassign in approval workflow

Difference between delegate and reassign approval in oracle approval workflow

What is the difference between delegate and reassign approval in oracle cloud approval workflow

Difference between delegate and reassign approval in oracle approval workflow

In this post we will see what is the exact difference between delegate and reassign of a approval in oracle cloud. We will understand the difference between delegate and reassign with an example. Normally there are scenarios where we have requirement that we have to transfer approval to some one else on behalf of us. There may be chances when you are on vacation or out of office, in such scenarios we can delegate or reassign approval. In oracle we need to understand the exact difference between delegate and reassign approvals as there is minute but signification difference in that.

Let us see the exact difference between delegate and reassign approval in oracle cloud approval workflow with example

Let us assume we have an approval notification ( may be journal approval , payment , project budget , PO , sales order etc. )

Now this approval has gone to an approval hierarchy User A ->User B ->User C

Now Case 1 : What happens When I Delegate approval in oracle cloud

Le say User B has delegated the approval on his behalf to User D then the approval workflow will be like this

User A -> User D -> User C

Note : In this case User B and User D both will receive the notification of approval but only user D can take the action

Now Case 2 : What happens When I Reassign approval in oracle cloud

Le say User B has Reassigned the approval on his behalf to User D then the approval workflow will be like this

User A -> User D -> (Supervisor of D) and next till last approver approves it

Note : In this case User D will receive the approval the notification and it will follow the User D’s approval hierarchy. Here the approval hierarchy will be changed.

From the above two example we are now in position to understand the exact difference between delegate and reassign approval in oracle cloud. We can use both delegate and reassign approval feature as per our requirement and convenience. In our next post we will see how to setup delegation and reassign rule in oracle cloud.