Event Authorisation Workflow – Reroute Approver
Installing this workflow tells Sense to bypass the employee's line manager and send event requests straight to a specifically named Event Approver instead. If no Event Approver is assigned, Sense falls back to the line manager, and if there's no manager either, every admin is notified so someone can still act.
How it works
Set your Event Approver field then let Sense reroute requests away from the line manager
To use the Event Authorisation Workflow – Reroute Approver, simply add an Event Approver field to the Job Details screen using Screen Designer, populate it for each employee, undeploy the default event authorisation workflow, and deploy the reroute workflow from the Workflow Hub.
Then, every time an employee submits an event request, Sense will automatically send it to their designated Event Approver instead of their line manager.
If no Event Approver is set for that employee, then it falls back to the line manager, and if there's no manager either, all admins are notified.
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Common questions
What kicks this workflow off?
An employee submitting an event request from their calendar.
Who approves the request?
Whoever is named in the employee's Event Approver field, bypassing their line manager entirely. If that field is empty, it falls back to the manager, then to all admins if there's no manager either.
What if an employee has more than one job role with different Event Approvers?
Every designated approver across their roles receives the request, but only one approval is needed.
Do pending approvals move if we change someone's Event Approver?
No. A request already sitting with the previous approver stays with them; only new requests use the updated Event Approver.
Does this affect requests already submitted before we switch on the workflow?
No. Only future requests are affected; anything already pending follows the standard approval rules.