OOB Flow/Logic Responsible for Approval Updates in RITM Activity (Work Notes)

[Damayanti Sarod]

Hi All,

I’m trying to understand the out-of-box (OOB) functionality in ServiceNow that adds approval-related updates to the Activity stream (Work Notes) on a Requested Item (RITM).
Specifically, when an approval is requested, approved, or rejected, entries automatically appear in the Activities section.

Which OOB Flow Designer flow, workflow, or engine is responsible for this behavior?

Are there specific business rules, script includes, or approval engine components involved in writing these updates to Work Notes?

Have added ss of RITM for reference.

[Damayanti Sarod]

Hi @Ankur Bawiskar ,

Scenario:

• My RITM has two approvals , one is manager approval and other is group approval.
• When the first manager approval is approved, the Approval field on the RITM changes from Requested → Approved in activity of worknote.
• When the second approval is generated, the same field changes again from Approved → Requested.
• After the second group approval gets approved, it changes again from Requested → Approved.
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But requirement , when first approval is approved, state should remain requested until the request is approved by group approval, I tried this from flow associated with catalog item, through ask for Approval action in flow designer but is getting overridden by some other OOB server side script.
Need to know the name of that OOB server side script/flow

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Damayanti Sarod 

I don't think that's how OOTB system handles it.

Since it's going to approval again for 2nd time it makes sense logically to show that it is in Requested again for 2nd time.

I don't think OOTB logic handles this, may be try with some custom solution if customer still wants this

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