{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":49734,"path":"source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/new-approval-rule-form.md","title":"Approval Rule form","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Approval Rule form\n\nUse the Approval Rule form when creating or configuring an approval rule to generate and route invoice or purchase order approvals.\n\n<table id=\"table_lsd_kd5_4wb\"><thead><tr><th>\n\nField\n\n</th><th>\n\nDescription\n\n</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\n\nNumber\n\n</td><td>\n\nSystem-generated unique identifier for the approval rule.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nName\n\n</td><td>\n\nThe name you assign to the approval rule.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nActive\n\n</td><td>\n\nOption to decide if this rule is used to generate invoice approvals.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproving object\n\n</td><td>\n\nObject you’re seeking approval for. The following options are available:-   **Invoice**\n-   **Purchase Order**\n\nTo create an approval rule for an invoice, select **Invoice**.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproving line\n\n</td><td>\n\nApproving object line that you're seeking approval for. For Invoice approving object, the approving line is defaulted to Invoice Line.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproval rule type\n\n</td><td>\n\nThe type of approval rule that determines how approval plans are generated and routed when conditions are met. The following options are available:-   Dynamic Users or Groups\n-   Managerial Job Code Hierarchy\n-   Managerial Hierarchy\n-   Specified Users or Groups\n\nDepending on the rule type that you select, the associated fields appear. For more information, see [Approval rule types](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/invoice-approval-rule-types.md).\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nBase approvals on\n\n</td><td>\n\nInvoice fields that you want to base your approvals on. Select the invoice field and move it from Available to Selected.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nAllow automatic approval\n\n</td><td>\n\nOption to allow automatic approval of an invoice if the requester \\(invoice business owner\\) is the only approver.\n\n</td></tr><tr><td>\n\nApproval trigger conditions\n\n</td><td>\n\nConditions based on the approving object that determine the conditions under which an approval plan is created.\n\n</td></tr></tbody>\n</table>**Parent Topic:**[Accounts Payable Operations reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/acc-pay-reference.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[Accounts Payable Operations properties]()\n\n[Create New Invoice Line form]()\n\n[Case exclusion reference fields]()\n\n[Create invoice cost allocation form]()\n\n[Outbound cost allocation staging table]()\n\n[Distribution set form]()\n\n[Create New Invoice case form]()\n\n[Create New Invoice task form]()\n\n[Invoice processing case form]()\n\n[Tax lines]()\n\n[Invoice exception form]()\n\n[Request Help form]()\n\n[Data required for invoice processing]()\n\n[Invoice exception definition form]()\n\n[Approval Plan form]()\n\n[Jurisdictions main table]()\n\n[Accounts Payable Operations glossary]()\n\n"}}