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Approvals · Multi-Step Approval Flows

Get your manager to sign the leave form → run over to HR to file it → forward it to Finance for payroll — a single traditional paper approval can eat up half a day. The approval engine moves all of these steps online: employees submit → requests auto-route to the right approvers → multi-level or co-sign flows configured flexibly → every approval and rejection is logged, with mobile approvals arriving in seconds.

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Multi-Step Workflow Engine
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Mobile Approvals
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Logged Rejection Trail
Capabilities

The Full Mechanics of an Approval Flow

Five pillars: templates / nodes / routing / notifications / audit trail

📜 Flow Templates

Common flows like leave, expense, procurement, overtime and seal use come pre-built and ready to use; you can also create custom flows

📍 Node Configuration

Assign an approver (person / position / role) to each node, with single-sign, co-sign and or-sign combined flexibly

🔀 Conditional Routing

Auto-route by amount / duration / department: within 3 days the manager approves, 3–7 days the director, more than 7 days the CEO

🔔 Real-Time Notifications

Pending approvals are pushed across WeChat Work / DingTalk / in-app channels, with one-click mobile approval — no need to log in to a PC

Reject & Roll Back

Approvers must give a reason when rejecting; the requester receives the original plus the reason to revise and resubmit, and can roll back to a specific node

📜 Approval Audit Trail

Who approved each node, when, and with what comment is all recorded — fully traceable after the fact

oa.shangbangke.com/approval/detailPending
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Leave Request · Awaiting Me
RejectApprove
Zhang Wei · R&D
Annual Leave
2026-06-01 09:00
2026-06-03 18:00
3 days
Manager Review
Family matter; handover arranged in advance

Approval flow

Submit
Zhang Wei submitted
Manager
Li Qiang reviewing
HR File
Waiting

Managers Can Approve in Seconds, Even Away From Their Desk

"The manager is traveling and not in the office, so the leave request can't be approved" — that situation disappears entirely with online approvals. Approval notifications are pushed to the manager's phone via WeChat Work / DingTalk; they can tap "Approve" on the subway, at the airport or in a coffee shop, responding in seconds.

  • A clean mobile approval interface — understand the content in one second
  • Three intuitive buttons: Approve / Reject / Transfer to another approver
  • Batch approval: tick similar requests and approve them all at once
  • Delegate approvals to someone else while on leave to avoid blocking the flow
oa.shangbangke.com/approval/flow-designRouting
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Expense Flow · Amount Routing
PreviewSave Rule
TierAmount / TypeApprover
Small< $3,000Dept Manager
Mid$3,000 ~ $30,000Finance Director
Large> $30,000CEO Final
TravelTravel-specificTravel Chain

Routing hits this month (count)

156Mgr
42Dir
8CEO
23Travel

The Bigger the Amount, the Stricter the Approval — Automatically Routed

Routing a 1,000-yuan reimbursement and a 100,000-yuan purchase through the same approval wastes the CEO's time; the sensible design is to send small amounts to managers and large ones to the CEO. Conditional routing automatically directs each request to the right path by amount / department / type, with transparent, configurable rules.

  • Amount thresholds: <3,000 manager approves / 3,000–30,000 director / >30,000 CEO
  • Type-based routing: travel goes through the travel chain, equipment through the IT chain
  • Department differences: Sales can get special sign-off for overages, while R&D is tightly controlled by budget
  • Rules are configured visually — business users don't need technical know-how
Use Cases

Which Scenarios Rely Most on Online Approvals

Leave & Time Off

Employees submit leave requests; once the manager approves, the deduction syncs automatically to the attendance system — no manual HR entry required

Expense Reimbursement

Expense forms are auto-routed by amount tiers, invoice photos are attached straight from the camera, and Finance can review them in one click during reconciliation

Procurement Requests

The requesting department submits a purchase order, approved by the manager → procurement → final CEO sign-off, avoiding duplicate buying and waste

Seal Use

Stamping contracts requires approval from Legal + the GM, and usage records are logged to satisfy seal compliance audits

Related Features

Collaboration Beyond Approvals

Approvals decide "whether it can be done," announcements say "do it this way," tasks track "how it's going," and reports report back "it's done"

Make Every Approval Move Fast

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