Approval Coordinator without any child activities

Community Alums · ‎01-12-2024

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?

sumanta pal · ‎01-12-2024

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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Dr Atul G- LNG · ‎01-12-2024

Hi @Community Alums

Very open ended question , please give some context what / where is this issue. Screen shot is good.

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Community Alums · ‎01-12-2024

Hi @Dr Atul G- LNG ,

I'm just testing what will be the output of approval coordinator without child activities, by default it's setting as approved.

Dr Atul G- LNG · ‎01-12-2024

Hi @Community Alums

https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/vancouver-build-workflows/page/administer/workflow-activities/reference/r_ApprovalCoordinator.html

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Community Alums · ‎01-12-2024

@Dr Atul G- LNG ,

I've gone through Doc's already, In my WFlow Wait for condition is All child activities to be approved.

I didn't add any child activities intentionally, but the output is setting as approved, Why is that so ?