Canceling approval processes

You can cancel the approval process at any time. Canceling the approval process does not delete the approval. You might decide to cancel rather than delete an approval process if you think you might need details from the approval process in the future.

About this task

If you cancel the approval process, you cannot submit it for review later. Any responses or comments that are made before the cancellation are saved, essentially "freezing" the approval with all of its current details.

Procedure

  1. Open the approval process.
    1. Select Operations > Approvals. The My Active Approvals view displays by default.
    2. If the approval process you want to cancel is not available in this view, select All Approvals.
  2. Click Change Status and select Cancel Review or Cancel Review with comments from the menu.
  3. Optionally, if you chose Cancel Review with comments, add comments that you want to add to the approval. You might add reasons why you are canceling the review. Click Continue.

Results

The All Approvals view shows the approval status as Cancelled.

If you cancel an approval that is linked to a workflow task, the task is "crossed out" on the workflow tab. That is, the font for the task and all of its details changes to italics, strikethrough. Additionally, there is an 'x' in the status column, indicating the workflow is considered "Skipped."