CentraSite 10.5 | CentraSite User’s Guide | Runtime Governance | Monitoring Logs | Viewing Approval History Log
 
Viewing Approval History Log
To view the Approval History Log, you must have the View Approval History permission.
The Approval History Log contains a record of all approval requests that have been triggered by a policy with an approval workflow action. This log shows the status of each approval request that has been submitted to CentraSite.
*To view the Approval History Log
1. In CentraSite Control, go to Administration > Logs > Approval History.
2. To filter your search for the approval log information, specify an appropriate information for each of the displayed fields:
In this field...
Do the following...
Object Name
The object that was submitted for approval.
Approval Flow Name
The name assigned to the approval workflow.
Requestor
Click Select User and select the user who requested the approval.
Approver
Click Select User(s) and select the user(s) who approved the request.
Object Type
Select the object type whose log entries you want to view from the drop-down list.
Request Date From/To
Use the calendar to specify a date range for the requests.
Approval Date From/To
Use the calendar to specify a date range for the approvals.
Status
Select a status of the approval request (for example, In Progress, Approved, and so on).
3. Click Search to fetch the details of the approval log entries.
4. To view the details of an approval workflow, click the hyperlinked value that you see in the Approval Flow Name column.
The Approval Flow Information panel provides the following information about each approval workflow.
Field
Description
Approval Flow Name
Name of the approval workflow.
Mode
Mode of the approval workflow (for example, Anyone or Everyone).
Status
Status of the approval policy (for example, In Progress, Approved, New, No Action, Pending, or Rejected).
Creation Date
Date when the approval workflow was created.
The Requestor Summary panel displays the following information about the requestor of an approval workflow.
Field
Description
Requestor Name
User who triggered the approval workflow.
Approval Type
Name of the approval action (for example, Initiate Approval or Initiate Group-dependent Approval)
Entity
Name of the entity on which the approval was triggered.
Reason for Request
Additional comments or descriptive information stating the reason for the approval request.
The Approver Summary panel displays the following information about the designated approver(s) of an approval workflow.
Field
Description
Approver
User who approved or rejected the approval workflow.
Action
Action of the approver (for example, Approved or Rejected).
Comments
Additional comments or descriptive information stating the reason for approval or rejection.