Site	The site that owns this approval route. APM determines this information when you create the route.

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Name	The name of the approval route. You can enter up to 50 characters. If the name is not unique or if this field is left blank, an error message will appear.

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Route status

The status of the approval route. You can choose from three options: Available for general use; Route has no approvers, cannot be used; and Used for automatic approval only. APM enters this status automatically based on the settings you enter on the approval route.

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Site currency

The maximum cost in the site currency that can be approved by an approval route. APM enters this information automatically.

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Enterprise currency

The maximum cost in the enterprise currency that can be approved by an approval route. APM enters this information automatically.

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Automatic Approval

The rule used for documents that are approved automatically. You can choose from the following options: • All requests must be approved by an employee: all requests routed to this route must be approved manually. Automatic approvals are not used with this route. • Requests that do not exceed the threshold are to be approved without an employee: requests with a value up to the automatic approval threshold limit are to be automatically approved.

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Threshold amount

The maximum value of requests that are automatically approved. Requests with an estimated cost above the entered amount are sent to the approval route. Requests with an estimated cost equal to or less than this amount are automatically approved. Note: Approval requests with a zero or no value estimate are not eligible to be automatically approved. Zero or no value requests are always routed for approval. Enter the threshold amount in the site’s currency. If the enterprise currency is different, APM automatically shows the converted amount in the enterprise currency box.

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In the enterprise currency

The threshold amount is in the site’s currency. If the enterprise currency is different, APM automatically shows the converted amount in the enterprise currency box.

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Asset Transfer Documents

The approval route is used for asset transfer documents.

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Asset health reports

The approval route is used for asset health reports.

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Asset activity reports

The approval route is used for asset activity reports.

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RSS analyses

The approval route is used for reliability strategy selection analyses.

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RCA	The approval route is used for RCA.

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Checksheets

The approval route is used for checksheets.

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Inspection reports

The approval route is used for checksheet inspection reports.

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Work Requests

The approval route is used for work requests.

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Work Orders

The approval route is used for work orders.

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Consequence priority

You can set up an approval route so that only work requests and work orders for assets with a certain consequence priority setting can be sent to the route. For example, you might want to have one route for work for assets with a high consequence priority and another route for work for lower priority assets. This setting is only available if the consequence priority rule is set for the site and if the route approves work requests or work orders. Select the appropriate consequence priority from the list. If you do not select a consequence priority, you cannot save the route.

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Work Type Rule

The work types that can be used with this approval route. You can choose from the following options: • Approves all types of work orders: the route is used with all work types. • Approves selected work types: the route is used with the selected work types only. You need to select the specific work types once you choose this option.

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Safety provisions

The approval route is used for safety provisions.

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Override incidents

The approval route is used for safety override incidents.

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Requisitions

This route is used to approve requisitions.

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Approves Bidder Orders

This approval route can be used to approve purchase orders for bidder-type suppliers.

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Purchase Orders

The approval route is used for purchase orders.

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Approves Contracts

The approval route is used for approving purchasing contracts.

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Invoices

The approval route can be used for invoices.

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Invoice Lines

The approval route can be used for invoice lines. All types of invoice lines will be able to be approved using this route.

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Invoice Types Rule

The invoice types that can be used with this approval route. You can choose from the following options: • Approves all types of invoices: the route is used with all invoice types. • Approves selected invoice types: the route is used with the selected invoice types only. For example, you may want to approve regular invoices, but not credit memos. You need to select the specific invoice types once you choose this option.

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