Approvals
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Columns related to approvals are described below. Data includes information about the approval, its surrounding metadata - visible as well as derived - and the involved participants.
| Column | Description | Value type |
|---|---|---|
Next step recommendation |
The approver’s recommendation for the next approval step after the approval was returned. |
String |
No. of approvers on following step |
The number of approvers at the step following the given action. |
Number |
No. of approvers on previous step |
The number of approvers at the step prior to the given action. |
Number |
Total no. of steps |
The total number of steps in the approval process. |
Number |
Days to approval deadline |
Number of days within office hours until the approval deadline expires. |
Number |
Final approval |
Date and time when the approval was finally approved and thus completed. |
Date |
First received on step |
Indicates whether it is the first time an approval has reached the relevant step. |
Boolean |
Approval created |
Date and time when the approval was created. |
Date |
Approval turnaround time |
Number of minutes an approval is placed with a user before they take an action. |
Number |
Approval turnaround time in days |
Number of days within office hours that an approval is placed with a user before they take an action. |
Number |
Approval process cancelled |
Date and time when the approval was cancelled. |
Date |
Approval deadline |
Date and time of the overall deadline for the approval process. |
Date |
Approval deadline adherence |
Indicates whether the approval was finally approved before the deadline expired. |
Boolean |
Approval type |
The selected approval type. |
String |
Approver |
The name of the approver on the relevant step. |
String |
Approvers on the approval’s last step |
The names of the approvers on the approval’s last step. |
Approver’s unit |
The relevant approver’s unit. |
String |
Approver’s role |
The relevant approver’s job role in their unit. |
String |
Approved |
Indicates whether the approval has been finally approved. |
Boolean |
Approved without returning |
Indicates whether an approval has gone through the process without being returned or withdrawn. |
Boolean |
Urgent |
Indicates whether the "Urgent" box has been ticked on the approval. |
Boolean |
Minutes to approval deadline |
Number of minutes until the deadline for approval expires. |
Number |
Orig. time to record deadline after record creation |
The original time in minutes from record creation to record deadline. |
Number |
Orig. time to record deadline after approval creation |
The original time in minutes from approval creation to record deadline. |
Number |
Orig. time to record deadline after approval start |
The original time in minutes from approval start to record deadline. |
Number |
Orig. time to approval deadline after record creation |
The original time in minutes from record creation to approval deadline. |
Number |
Orig. time to approval deadline after approval creation |
The original time in minutes from approval creation to approval deadline. |
Number |
Orig. time to approval deadline after approval start |
The original time in minutes from approval start to to approval deadline. |
Number |
On-behalf-of approver |
If a user has approved on behalf of another user, the name of the logged-in user is specified. |
String |
Resulting step |
Indicates which step an approval is sent to as a result of an action. |
Number |
Resulting step unit |
The unit with which the resulting step’s approver is associated. |
String |
Resulting step name |
Name of approvers at the step to which the approval is sent. |
String |
Resulting step role |
The job role of the resulting step’s approver in the unit. |
String |
Latest received on step |
Indicates whether this is the last time an approval has reached this step. |
Boolean |
Step |
The current step in the approval process. |
Number |
Action step |
Indicates which step an approver is at when they perform an action. |
Number |
Step deadline |