APPENDIX
Approvals Management

Approvals Management, or AME, is a rules-based engine where both simple and complex approval rules can be created for approving many different transactions in Oracle, including expense reports, disputed items from iReceivables, and requisitions. Without AME, Oracle uses a strict hierarchical approval path, either based on an employee-supervisor hierarchy or a position hierarchy. Not only does AME allow these hierarchies to be used, custom hierarchies can be created, along with detours from any hierarchy. An example of where AME is required would be for purchases made for computer equipment. Besides requiring the approval of the requestor’s supervisor, your organization may require that information technology approve all configurations for ....