Approving Tasks

Get an overview of types of actions that can be performed on tasks by various task approvers.

Table 32-8 Task Actions and Approvers

Task Action	Admin	Owner (+ Owner Group)	Assignee (+ Assignee Manager + Assignee Group + Proxy Assignee)	Creator	Reviewer	Approver
Acquire (Claim)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Custom	No	Yes^Foot 1	Yes^{^Foot 1}	No	No	No
Delegate	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Delete	No^Foot 2	No^{^Foot 2}	Yes^{^Foot 2}	Yes^{^Foot 2}	No	No
Error	No	No	Yes^Foot 3	No	No	No
Escalate	Yes^Foot 4	Yes^{^Foot 4}	Yes	No	No	No
Info Request	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Info Submit	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Override Routing Slip	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Push Back	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Purge	Yes^{^Foot 2}	Yes^Foot 2	No	Yes	No	No
Reassign	Yes^Foot 5	Yes^{^Foot 5}	Yes (No for proxy assignee)	No	No	No
Release	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Renew	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Resume	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Route	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Skip Current Assignment	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Suspend	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Update	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Update Attachment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Update Comment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
View Process History	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
View Sub Tasks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
View Task History	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Withdraw	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

^Footnote 1

Not valid for ToDo tasks

^Footnote 2

Valid only for ToDo tasks

^Footnote 3

Applicable for tasks in alerted states

^Footnote 4

Without claim and escalate to current assignee's manager

^Footnote 5

Without claim