Using Approval Templates to Submit Work for Approval

Approval templates can be a great way to ensure consistency when submitting work for approval. If your organisation has set up approval templates, this guide will show you how to use them. 

Start by uploading your files for each deliverable and click Submit Now to submit your work. Saved approval templates save you from manually typing out your approvers. So when you're prompted to type out your approvers, instead click the Use Template button. 

Using Templates on the Simple Screen

To find your approval template on the simple approval screen, click Use Template on the top right hand side of your approvers selection.

You'll then see a list of available templates to use. Click the green arrow  once you've found a template that you would like to use. 

Admation will then pre-fill your approvers screen with the templated approval workflow that's been configured for your organisation. You can make further edits here if needed. 

Fill out the rest of your submission screen and hit Submit once you are done. 

Additional Reading

If you would like to learn more about the different fields that approval templates may pre-fill for you, check out these guides: 

• Approval levels for each person or group 
• Whether users are part of an all or any approval
• Whether groups are part of an all or any approval
• Whether users are part of a continuous approval
• Whether users are to be notified as an FYI (or 'cc) rather than someone who needs to approve the work
• Default turn-around times allocated to each user for providing their feedback

Note that as of admation 3.98, if your user permissions allow you to only use templates as part of a submission, and if that template has a default turn around time enabled, you won't be able to edit the approval deadlines further.