Is it possible to bypass the approval process for contracts?

[sharonalbertone]

I'm wondering if there is a relatively simple way to have the Submit for Review button to bypass sending the approval notification and the approval process and go directly to the Active state.

I'm confused as to what's controlling the actions after clicking Submit for Review when doing a Renew or Extend.

I found the UI action for Submit for Review but it's configured for new contracts where state is Draft.  I tried to modify it to set the sub-state to "approved", but it didn't work.  I think I may be missing some rule or script or something that is controlling the activities in this cycle.

Any assistance or direction would be appreciated.

[Prateek kumar]

Looks like there is an OOB BR for creating an approval record which calls ContractManagementUtils script include.

Here is the BR.

https://YourInstanceName.service-now.com/sys_script.do?sys_id=ec35691b4740300042bd757f2ede27f6&syspa...

Did you check this?

[sharonalbertone]

I did see this business rule and if I can get the Submit for Review to update the substate to something other than Under Review, the business rule won't run.  I don't know what is controlling the state and substate when I press Submit for Review button when using the Renew and Extend buttons.

That's what I'm trying to figure out so I can update that action.

[Prateek kumar]

I found this UI action OOB

https://YourInstanceName.service-now.com/sys_ui_action.do?sys_id=b779ad9fc3003000c111113e5bba8fdf&sy...

[sharonalbertone]

That's what controls the Submit for Review when doing a new contract when it's in Draft state.  Something else is controlling the Submit for Review when using the Renew and Extend buttons.