In the Approvers field in the Approval Routing List section, select one or more

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2. Select the Properties link next to your page group.

3. Click the Approval tab.

The Approval tab is available only if approvals and notifications have been enabled for the page group. See Section 5.4, Setting Up Approvals .

4. From the BPEL Process User list, choose the portal user to associate with the

Oracle BPEL process. This user must have Manage All privileges on the page group and will typically be the page group administrator. The user does not have to be a user that is part of the Oracle BPEL workflow process.

5. From the Process Name list, choose the Oracle BPEL process definition that you

want to use for this page group. Use the description, if one exists, to help you decide if this is the process that you want to use. The process definitions must have already been created by the portal administrator. For information about how to do this, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal.

6. From the Access Users list, select the users that you want to add as approvers for

the BPEL workflow process and click the right arrow to move them to the Workflow Approvers list. Any user with Manage All privileges on the page group can be selected as an approver. The users included in the Workflow Approvers list are passed to the BPEL process in the order they appear here.

7. From the BPEL Process Group Mapping list, select the group that you want to

map to the BPEL workflow process and click the right arrow to move them to the Workflow Approvers list. The group included in the Workflow Approvers list are passed to the BPEL process in the order they appear here. 8. If you do not want to allow content contributors to upload draft items without approval, make sure the Enable Item Drafts check box is not selected. For more information about draft items, see Section 5.4.5, Enabling Draft Items .

9. Select Require Approval for All Users check box if every content contributor

requires approval. By default, this options is not selected which means that only users with the Manage Items With Approval privilege require approval.

10. Click OK.

5.4.4 Monitoring Pending Approvals

The Pending Approvals Monitor portlet enables you to list pending approvals in the page groups that you administer. You can list the pending approvals by approver, date, page group, or submitter. Figure 5–10 The Pending Approvals Monitor Portlet 5-40 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal The Pending Approvals Monitor portlet only lists pending approvals for other users. If you would like to view your own pending approvals, use the My Notifications portlet or My Worklist portlet. For information about these portlets or approving or rejecting items that require your approval, see Section 2.7.2, Approving or Rejecting Content . To monitor pending approvals: 1. Go to the page that contains your Pending Approvals Monitor portlet. 2. In the first list, choose how you want to view the pending approvals that you want to monitor. You can view pending approvals by approver, date, page group, or submitter. 3. In the second list and third lists, choose the operator and value to use to filter the list of pending approvals. Wildcard searches using or are not supported. To view pending approvals by approver, page group, or submitter, enter a valid name. Otherwise, enter a valid date.

4. Click Go.

You can also personalize or edit the defaults of the portlet to automatically list pending approvals. Examples of the Pending Approvals Monitor Portlet Figure 5–11 List Pending Approvals Waiting to Be Approved by SCOTT Figure 5–12 List Pending Approvals Submitted After 11-NOV-2004 Figure 5–13 List Pending Approvals for Items That Were Submitted by Any User Other Than SCOTT

5.4.5 Enabling Draft Items

You can upload draft items to the portal. With the draft feature enabled, content developers can upload content to the portal without exposing it until theyre ready to submit it for approval. Approvals must be enabled for the draft feature to be implemented see Section 5.4.2, Enabling Approvals and Notifications for a Page Group . Drafts do not require approval, so content developers can upload drafts to