how to generate approval using script

[carmelfranco]

can you please confirm, how to generate approval using script

i've used the approval user activity, but in my requirement i need to add approvals based on the users selected in List collector.

so the approvals approved in first iteration gets removed after approval.

is there a way to come around this? please advise

[Chuck Tomasi]

Hi Carmel,

It's going to look something like this:

answer = getApprovers();

function getApprovers() {

        var appList = [];

        var uListStr = current.getValue('u_list'); // Use your list collector here

        uList = uListStr.split(',');

        for (var i = 0; i < uList.length; i++) {

                  appList.push(uList[i]);

        }

        return uList;

}

[carmelfranco]

Hi Chuck,

in the above example which you've given it's actually using the approval workflow activity

i've done the same but when i add users 1,2 in the first iteration of my loop, it's gets added but when the same activity is again gets called the first approval from 1,2 gets removed from the approval list

if you can see the screenshot you can see a workflow loop using of condition

[Chuck Tomasi]

Hi Carmel,

If I recall, hitting an approval activity multiple times resets the approval, so that makes sense that your first two users are removed when it gets hit a second time.

Any time you are going 'back' in a workflow, I recommend using the RollBack To activity. Take a look at it and understand if it is what you need.

http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Designing_Workflows_with_Rollback_To#gsc.tab=0

[carmelfranco]

Hello Chuck ,

sorry i did not explain it clearly.

my requirement is like this:

Iteration1 ) two users were added to approval ( user 1, User 2) - User 1 approves the approval ( any one can approve)

iteration 2) two users were added to approval ( user 3, User 4) - User 4 approves the approval ( any one can approve)

now if i try to see who has approved in iteration 1) i have no clue as it's removed from the list

iteration 3) two users were added to approval ( user 5, User 6) - User 5 approves the approval ( any one can approve)

now if i try to see who has approved in iteration 2) i have no clue as it's removed from the list

at any time i need to see all list of approvers who has approved , if i use Roll back, will i be able to see complete list of users approved in all my iterations given in above example ?

i want to find an alternative way to see all approvers.

please confirm.

Thanks,

Carmel