Approval Coordinator without any child activities

[Community Alums]

Hi folks,

I don't have any child activities in approval coordinator, what will be the output of this activity?

I've tested this, it's marking as approved by default why is it so?

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

Hi @Community Alums I tried something same at my end and seems you are right .

Correcting - Not a bug but expected behaviour. 

[sumanta pal · Accepted solution]

The Approval Coordinator activity in ServiceNow is designed to coordinate multiple approvals. If there are no child activities (i.e., no approvals needed), the Approval Coordinator activity will automatically complete and mark the request as approved. This is the default behavior of the system.

Here's a summary:

- The Approval Coordinator activity in ServiceNow is used to manage multiple approvals.
- If there are no child activities (no approvals required), the Approval Coordinator activity will automatically complete.
- By default, the system will mark the request as approved if there are no child activities.
- This is the standard behavior of ServiceNow and is designed to streamline the approval process when no approvals are necessary.

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[Khasim khan]

Hi @sumanta pal ,

Can we change this behaviour ?

[Dr Atul G- LNG]

But if  no child activity what you need mate. OOTB is right as approved.