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title: Approval Plan form
description: Field descriptions for the Approval Plan form used to review and configure invoice approval plans, including routing methods, decision methods, and approval statuses.
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# Approval Plan form

Field descriptions for the Approval Plan form used to review and configure invoice approval plans, including routing methods, decision methods, and approval statuses.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Number|System-generated unique identifier for the approval plan.|
|Approval Rule|The approval rule that you want to reference for this plan.|
|Approval group|Group containing the users responsible for approving the plan.|
|Approving record|Invoice record that requires approval.|
|Detail records|Details about the invoice and invoice line records.|
|Approval routing method|Method of routing the approvals. The options are sequentially and in parallel.|
|Approval decision method|Method of approving the rule. You can select if all approvers must approve the rule or any approver can approve it.|
|Approval|Status of the approval plan request. The options are Not Yet Requested, Requested, Approved, Rejected, and Self Approved.|
|State|Work status on the requested approval plan. The options are Pending, Open, Work in Progress, Closed Complete, Closed Incomplete, and Closed Skipped.|
|Approver list|User or users responsible for approving the plan.|
|Approver group list|List of groups containing the users responsible for approving the plan.|
|Short description|Short description of the approval plan in the following format: Invoice approval required for <supplier name>.|

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