The Approval Method

The Approval Method determines if content must be approved by all users in the chain, or only users higher up in the chain than the user making the edits. The approval method only affects the approval process if the person submitting content for publishing is a member of the approval chain.

Two approval methods are available.

Approval Method	Description
Force All Approvers	All users in approval chain must approve the content, beginning with the first
Do Not Force All Approvers	Approvers after the user submitting content in the approval chain must approve the content

For example, assume the approval chain is set as below.

User or Group Name	Approval Order
Content contributor	1
Department Head	2
Webmaster	3

If the Approval Method is Force All Approvers, and the Department Head submits content, the content must be approved by the content contributor, then the department head, and the Webmaster before it is published.

If the Approval Method is Do Not Force All Approvers, and the Department Head submits content, the content must only be approved the Webmaster before it is published.

Learn About Changing the Approval Method

Changing the Approval Method

By default, the approval method is set to Do Not Force All Approvers. To change the approval method for a content folder or item, follow these steps.

1. Access the approval table, as described in Viewing a Folder’s Approval Chain.

2. Click Edit ().

3. The Edit Approval Method screen appears.

4. Select an approval method by clicking the radio button.

5. Click Save ().