Approval Templates without Stages

Approval process templates may be created without any stages defined if approval for a request is not required. This is possible only for templates that allow for automatic completion of requests. Requests based on such approval templates are compulsorily analyzed for violations.

Before using a template without stages, ensure the following:

• Self approval should be set to Manual for this template.
• The node value for updatebypassed in the file [InstallPath]\Settings\SAMIWritebackConfig.xml should be set to 'true'.
  Note: For the application write-back to work for templates without stages, the following xml files should be configured before creating the approval process templates. Unless this is done, write-back to the application will be unsuccessful even if the request is completed with the status Approved.