Rejected approvals

If a required approver denies the approval, the approval process stops and the status changes to On Hold. The approval owner must resubmit the approval for the approval process to continue.

If a required approver denies the approval, the approval status changes to On Hold and no other required approvers can respond. For example, if the third of five required approvers denies the approval, the fourth and fifth required approvers cannot respond. Instead, the system sends a notice to the approval owner and approvers who completed their reviews that the approval status changed to On Hold.

If a required approver denies the approval, the owner must update the approval and request reapproval from the person who denied it. Resubmitting the approval starts a new round of review, starting with the approver who denied it. After that person approvers the approval process, the next required approver can respond and sequential review continues.

If Advanced Workflow capabilities are enabled for the workflow and if a rework loop is configured for the approval, the status for the tasks in the rework loop is set to Pending. The rework tasks must be completed again before the approval can be updated and sent for reapproval.