Bypassing and Canceling the Approval Process

If you are specified as the Coordinator for a folder, you have the ability to bypass or cancel the approval process. Selecting Bypass or Cancel has different implications, but either option ends the approval process. Bypass will automatically skip all remaining Approvers within the Approvers list and immediately approve the document for publishing. This feature can be used as an override when your Approvers are not being as responsive as your business requires. The Cancel process, on the other hand, immediately ends the approval process and returns the document back to checked-in status.

Bypassing Approval from the Workspace

To bypass the approval process, perform the following:

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From within the ...

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