To search for a specific request or group of requests, do the following.
- Open the Approvals Requests page:
- (All business roles) Open the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator and click Store > Approval Requests.
- (Site Administrator, Buyer Administrator, Buyer Approver, Seller Administrator) Open the Organization Administration Console and click Approvals > Approval Requests.
If you do not see this menu, then your logon ID does not have the appropriate authority to perform this task. Contact your Site Administrator.
- Check Find. The Find Approval Requests dialog displays.
- Specify the criteria appropriate to your search.
- Request Number
- If you are searching for a specific request, type its ID number, if known.
- Process
- If you want to retrieve all requests for a specific process, select it here.
- Submitter
- To retrieve all requests received from a specific submitter, select the submitter.
- Approvers (Displays to Site Administrators only)
- To retrieve all requests being reviewed by a specific approver, select the approver here.
- Status
- To retrieve all requests currently in a specific status, select the status.
- Date
- To retrieve all requests submitted either on a specific date, or within a specific period, indicate your criteria here.
- Click Find. The Search Results - Approval Requests page
displays.
If only pending requests are retrieved, the page will be identical in appearance, to the Approval Requests page, except that the View field will be disabled. If the search retrieves requests in an approved or rejected status, the page will include two additional columns: Approved On or Rejected On and Remarks. In addition, neither the Approve or Reject buttons will be enabled.