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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Safety provisions

The approval route is used for safety provisions.

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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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