[rt-users] __Approvals

[Kevin Holleran]

OK, so after re-reading again, I have a question.  Can anyone who has
access the __Approvals Queue approve anything in there?  I would like to
specifically grab people and groups depending on the ticket.

So for instance, I would like to have the following occur:

1.) Ticket Created in Development Queue
2a.) If impact is Minor, create an __Approvals ticket that only Manager of
Development can approve, create an __Approvals ticket that anyone in the
group Development Team can approve & tie both to the original ticket.
2b.) If the impact is Low, same as above but also a third ticket that
requires a user of the manager's group that isn't the Mgr of Dev.
2c.) If the impact is Medium, same as above but a fourth ticket requiring a
second person from the Manager's group.
2d.) High Impact  - Everyone in the Manager's group (so loop through group
members creating individual __Approval tickets).
2e.) Critical Impact - Same as 2d - but add in the CIO user.

So I guess my question is when I create an __Approvals ticket & assign an
owner (either the group or an individual), is that the only person or group
that can approve it?

Thanks.

Kevin

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Kevin Holleran <holleran.kevin at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I am playing around with RT4 and want to utilize it for three purposes
> right now:
>
> Change Management
> System Access Requests
> Policy ratification workflow.
>
> I have read RT Essentials & also grabbed the e-book by Ken Crocker.  I
> have decided my first crack at it will be utilizing the __Approvals queue.
>
> I am currently working off of this document:
> http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/ApprovalCreation
>
> I am starting with the Change Management workflow & expect that the other
> two will be pretty much the same with some minor tweaks.
>
> What I would like to happen is have a queue for each department that might
> request a change.  Say Operations, Development, Business Intelligence, &
> Security.
>
> I want to have a Custom Field called Impact that can be Minor, Low,
> Medium, High, & Critical.  From there I would like to define a workflow
> based on the queue it is in.
>
> I am trying to figure out how to lay out the groups for approvers.  Is
> there a way to define a manager/leader for a group?  For instance, to cover
> the approvals I would like the following groups:
>
> Operations -> Operations people & the Operations Manager
> Development -> Developer & the Developer Manager
> Business Intelligence -> B.I. folks & the B.I. Manager
> Security -> InfoSec guys & the InfoSec Manager
> Managers -> All the above people with Manager in their title
> Executive -> CIO, CISO
>
> So for all changes, I would like to have the requester, someone else in
> the group, & the manager of that group have to approve it.  However, the
> impact will involve other people.  A Low impact might involve the
> Operations Manager & someone from the security group. A medium impact might
> include All Managers & the infosec team, Critial would include approvals
> from the CIO/CISO as well.
>
> So it seems like with logic I can grab the custom field value then create
> a series of approvals.  However, how would I identify the manager of the
> group?  Would that be another custom field?
>
> Also, sorry if I am being overly verbose, I am kind of working this out in
> my head as I am learning the product....
>
>
> Thanks for all your help.
>
> Kevin
>
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