You use the Initiate Approval action when you want to define an approval process that applies to all of the users who submit requests that trigger the policy. If you need to apply the approval process selectively, that is, if only certain groups of users require approval, or if different groups of users require authorization from different groups of approvers, use the Initiate Group-dependent Approval action instead. For information, see Using the Initiate Group-Dependent Approval Action.

The parameters required to define the action include the name of the approval flow that the action initiates, the name of the approver groups (i.e. the groups of users who are allowed to approve requests that trigger the policy), and email addresses of users who should be informed of the progress of the action.

The parameters are described in the description of the Initiate Approval action in the CentraSite Developer’s Guide .