The approval element is the center, if not the brain, of the whole approval flow. This is where the deciding factor of the approval flow comes in. In the approval element, you define the outcomes. By default, Approve and Deny are the options. You can add more if you wish and even set up multistep and parallel approvals.
From the Elements panel, drag and drop the Approval element to your workflow canvass.

Approval Properties
Click the gear icon next to the Approval element to open its properties.

The approval element has two sets of properties.
General

Label Name
You can update the name of an individual approval element. Make sure the name is appropriate, especially when you set up multistep and parallel approvals.
Outcomes
Add more custom response options by clicking the +Add new outcome link. Change the outcome’s color by hovering over the option and clicking the ink drop icon.

Reassign
When enabled, it allows your approver to reassign the task to another person, in Jotform Inbox.

You can also opt to get an email when the approval is reassigned.
Request More Information
It allows your approver to ask for more details about the submission before they approve or reject the request, in Jotform Inbox.

Approver Email
This is set to your primary account email address by default. You can change this to another email address or select an email field from the Form Fields dropdown. Note that you can only add one approver.

Require login for the approver
If you want to require people to log in before approving a request, keep this option checked. If not, uncheck this option. We highly recommend using account-based approval (i.e., requiring login). If approvers are logged in, they can track their approvals through JotForm. Creating an account with Jotform is free — forever.
Customize Approval Request Email
Clicking the Edit button in this section will open the customization window.
In the Email tab, you can update the email subject and email content.

In the Recipients tab, you can update the Sender Name, Reply-to Email, and Recipient Email.

In the Advanced tab, you can upload a file attachment. Image files, PDFs, and Word documents are supported. You can also update the Sender Email.

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Advanced

Allow Comment
If this is enabled, the approver can add a comment to their approval. By default, the comment box is optional, but you can require it by toggling the Require option.
Escalation
If the primary approver fails to approve the request within the allowed time period, the request will automatically be sent to someone else. For example, if you set it to escalate after three days, and no action is taken by the original approver within that period, the request will automatically be sent to the defined recipient/email address on the fourth day.

Expiration
You can set the approval request to expire automatically after a certain number of hours, days, weeks, or months, or on a custom date. This means that if the approver doesn’t approve the request within the defined time period, the request will automatically expire.
You should set the expiration to greater than the escalation period. Otherwise, this will override the escalation step and automatically set the whole request as expired.

Automatically Finish the Task
When toggled on, the request will automatically be completed with the selected outcome if the approver doesn’t process it within the defined time period. For example, if you set the task to auto-finish after seven days and choose to approve as the outcome, the task/approval request will be approved on the eighth day if the approver takes no action by the seventh day.
You should set this for a different period than the escalation. If the escalation is set to three days, set this to four days or greater. That way, you give the escalated approver time to complete the request.
Don’t use this option when you set an expiration. If you wish to tag the request as completed, disable the expiration.

Send Reminder Emails
Toggle this to send periodic emails to remind the approver to complete their tasks. You can customize the email by clicking the Edit button next to Customize Reminder Email. The reminder email is sent up to three times, which means it stops automatically after the third time. For example, you’ve chosen to remind the approver after one day, the reminder email will be sent after one day, two days, and three days but won’t be sent after four days.

All changes are automatically saved for you.
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Can this approval flow be used to send patients a prefilled forms to complete and have reminder emails sent until the forms are done?
Da quando è stato aggiornato il menù di approvazione non è più possibile disabilitare l'opzione di approvazione tramite login. Non c'è alcun modo per approvare senza dover effettuare il login?
I have my approval process set to approve and sign. When she receives the approval email, she clicks on approve but it' not giving her a place to sign anymore.
Help please, Thanks!
Can I set a branch that allows me to schedule a calendar zoom meeting as an option?
Hello,
I'm in the process of setting up a workflow/approval/denial process. We have agencies fill out grant applications that others rate. Is there a way to connect a rating tool (already have a form for this)? Or is there another way that we can have someone rate an application in numerical values that add up to a total when they submit their rating? I don't see a set up for this.
How do I turn the approval process off?? I was exploring the site and now it's stuck!!! I NEED TO GET OUT OF IT.....help!
Way too complicated for us! We want every submission to be approved. This is flow is a head ache!