- APPROVAL WORKFLOWS
Route A Document For Sign-Off, Then Lock The Version That Was Agreed
- DEFINITION
Configurable Multi-Step Approval, With Document Locking And Provenance
An approval workflow is the route a document takes to become official: the approvers you name, in the order you set, ending in a locked version. No side copies, no 'approved in the meeting' ambiguity. The document that comes out the other end is the one people acknowledge.
- How it works
From Draft To Locked Version In 4 Steps.
01
Set the approvers and the order
Build a one-step or multi-step route. At each step, require every approver or any one of them.
02
Approvers decide on the document itself
The draft routes in the system, not an email chain, so the decision is never separated from the thing that was decided.
03
The approved version locks
When the route completes, that version locks and publishes. What people read is exactly what was agreed.
04
The provenance is kept
Every approval lands on the record with name, role, and timestamp. Any later edit starts a fresh version that routes for approval again.
- APPLICATIONS
What Teams Route Through It
USED FOR:
Policy sign-off
Route a policy through legal and leadership before it goes live.
SOP approval
Get a procedure signed off by its process owner before the floor runs it.
Controlled-document review
Lock the approved version so edits can't slip in unnoticed.
Templates and contracts
Any document that needs a recorded sign-off runs through the same flow.
- Proof
Every Approval, On The Record
Open the document and the approvals are right there: who signed off, in what role, at what time, against which version. The same record exports with the rest of the document log as a tamper-evident PDF, so the answer to "who approved this?" is an attachment, not an investigation.
- FAQS
Frequently asked questions
Can I require all approvers, or just one?
Both. Each step of the workflow can require every approver on it, or any single one.
What happens after a document is approved?
The approved version locks and publishes. Later edits start a fresh version, which routes through approval again and re-collects acknowledgment. Nothing changes quietly.
Can an approved document be edited without anyone noticing?
No. Approved versions are locked. The only way to change one is a new version, through the same route, on the
Is there a record of who approved?
Yes. Name, role, and timestamp are recorded on the document and export with its log.
Put Your Approvals On The Record
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