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Package Approvals

The application administrator must set up two approval lists for each application.

  • Planned Approvals

    This list of approvals is automatically incorporated into all planned packages. It is also included in unplanned packages that are created during normal business hours. Normal business hours are defined in application administration.

  • Unplanned Approvals

    This list of approvals is automatically incorporated into unplanned packages that are created outside of normal business hours, which are defined in application administration.

Unplanned Approvals are intended to provide an alternative list of approvers for emergency changes that are urgent and may be needed at a time when approvers in Planned Approvals are not available.

Important considerations when defining Planned and Planned Approvals in application administration include:

  • The type of approval list incorporated into an unplanned package depends on system time that the package was created and on the definition of normal business hours in application administration. The package install time is not considered.

  • If an unplanned package is created with Unplanned Approvals, the Planned Approvals are added to the package after the package is installed. The package is displayed on the CMN120 Unplanned Packages Pending Post Approval report until all approvals are granted. An approval that is defined in both Unplanned and Planned Approvals does not need to be approved a second time.

  • Approvals may be dynamically added to packages at Freeze by exit program CMNEX009 based on package conditions such as the presence of a library type or a the existence of a value in a Package User Information field.

  • Restrictions can be placed on who can approve a package by setting Approval Restrictions in Application Parameters.

  • The order of approval notification is influenced by the Hierarchical Approval Process indicator in Global Parameters.