dynamic number of approvers

Enthu

Hi all,

I need a suggestion regarding my workflow. In my workflow I have two multi-select list boxes for approvers. First list box is mandatory and other is optional. So user must select one or more approvers from first list box and can select one or more approvers from 2nd list box. After all approvers(from the first list box) grant the needed approval i.e. they will be concurrent approvers then mail should go to the approvers of 2nd list box else author should be notified and process starts over where author makes neccesary changes and re-submits work. And if all concurrent approvers selected from second list box approve the content then content should be submitted.

Now three things need to be consider...... number of approvers will be dynamic, second thing second list box is not mandatory and third thing in both the case approvers will be concurrent.

So whats the best way to design this type of workflow ?

My environment is TS 6.0.1 and win2k3.

jbonifaci

Build it exactly as you just stated really. If you have 7 approvers in the first list box that are concurrent, build 7 tasks called First_List_Box_Approver_1, First_List_Box_Approver_2 ... First_List_Box_Approver_7. All 7 of these will either transition to your Second_List_Box_Email_Notification task or your Post_Approval_Processing task, depending on whether the 2nd list box has any users. If it goes to the notification task, this task will then transition to each of your Second_List_Box_Approval_X tasks, which will transition to the Post_Approval_Processing task. The Post_Approval_Processing task will not be activated until all of the approval tasks have completed.

~Jeff