Demo video: Flexible Approval Flow
What it does
Many companies outgrow the "fixed approval flow" model.
With standard approvals (including Odoo's Approval app), once a request is submitted,
the approval route is typically locked. When reality changes, teams usually face an unpleasant choice:
- Cancel and re-submit just to add a missing approver (wasting time and losing momentum)
- Approve via chat/email "as an exception" (no traceability, no audit trail, high compliance risk)
- Let the request go through without the right stakeholder (decision risk)
OmniApproval™ - Flexible Approval Flow brings real-world flexibility to approvals:
you can insert or revoke additional approvers while a request is running,
without breaking the default approval flow designed by the business.
Every change is governed, logged, and reportable - so operations stay fast,
and controls stay strong.
Key Features
- Flexible approval flow for real life changes (without breaking the default flow)
- Add approvers after submission - no need to cancel and re-submit
- Insert before/after a selected default approval step
- Keep the default approval order intact (only insert, never reorder)
- Prevent duplicates across single-approver and multi-approver steps
- Enforce a maximum number of inserted approvers per Approval Type
- Controlled by policy, not by improvisation
- Configure who can add approvers per Approval Type (submitter, default approver, security groups)
- Revoke inserted approvers before they take any approval action
- Require a revoke reason to ensure transparency and accountability
- Audit-ready and reportable
- Full audit trail for every add/remove event: actor, target, anchor step, position, reason, timestamp
- Clear UI indicators for modified flows (ribbon + inserted approver badge)
- Control reports for Approval Admin to review modified requests and audit logs
Typical Use Cases
- A CFO/Legal/Compliance approval is required after submission due to a policy exception.
- A key stakeholder must be consulted urgently without restarting the request.
- Temporary escalation is needed for high-value or high-risk approvals.
- Avoid "approval outside the system" and keep decisions auditable.
Editions Supported
- Community Edition
- Enterprise Edition
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