Define an Approval Relationship
Use the Relationship Wizard to define a relationship between a Major Business Object and the Approval Object (Supporting Object).
A relationship is required to add an approval to a Business Object. An Approval Relationship allows the Major Business Object and Approval Object to share data (typically, an approval is displayed as a tab in the form arrangement of a Major Business Object). For more information, see Form Arrangements.
To define an Approval Relationship:
- Open the Relationship Editor.
- Select Wizard.
- Select Approval as the Child Business Object.
- Select the Many Approvals option to allow the Major Business Object to have multiple approvals.
- Select whether approvals should have a relationship back to the parent object:
- Select Yes (Recommended) to create a reverse relationship from approvals to the parent object.
- Select No to not create a reverse relationship from approvals to the parent object.
- Select the Many [Major Business Objects] option to allow approvals to belong to multiple Major Business Objects.
- Select Full-Text Search options for the relationship:
- Select whether to search approvals when the Major Business Object and its related items are searched:
- Select Yes to search approvals when the Major Business Object and its related items are searched.
- Select No to not search approvals when the Major Business Object and its related items are searched.
- Select whether to search the Major Business Object when approvals and its related items are searched.
- Select Yes to search the Major Business Object when approvals and its related items are searched.
- Select No to not search the Major Business Object when approvals and its related items are searched.
- Select whether to search approvals when the Major Business Object and its related items are searched:
- Provide a name and description for the relationship and the reverse relationship.
- Review the Summary page.
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Select Finish.
The relationship is added to the Business Object and can be accessed in the Relationship Editor.
- Publish the Blueprint (File > Publish Blueprint) to commit the changes, or save the Blueprint (File > Save Blueprint) to continue making other changes. For more information, see Publish a Blueprint or Save a Blueprint.