About the Approval Cockpit Application

You can use Approval Cockpit to create and execute approval workflows for action events raised in Plant Applications.

For example, to release a route in the Route Editor application, the event must pass through an approval workflow process in the Approval Cockpit application. The delegated approver groups in the workflow should provide their approval before releasing a route.

After you configure an approval workflow for an action event, the execution of the workflow becomes an automated process whenever the respective event is initiated in Plant Applications. The delegated groups log in to the Approval Cockpit application to access the tasks awaiting their response, and can track the status of the workflows in progress.

Important: To access the Approval Cockpit application, ensure that all the workflow users (members in group names) are a part of the UAA group and client with mes.approval_cockpit.user scope.

As an administrator, you must complete the following tasks to enable the workflow configuration and execution in Approval Cockpit:

  1. In Plant Applications Administrator,
    • Verify that the action events for Approval Cockpit are available as production units under Plant Model > APC Department > APC Line.
    • Verify that each production unit also has a variable group to list variables related to the action events.
    For more information on production units and variable groups, refer to the Plant Applications Administrator Help.
  2. In Approval Cockpit,
  3. In Plant Applications Administrator, for every workflow configuration:
    • Verify that the display sheets are available under Client Management > Displays > APC Line. Create display sheets with the naming convention: ProductionUnitName_WorkflowLevel_WorkflowGroup.
      Tip: Display sheets for a typical two-level workflow can look like this:

      Route Approval Form_Level 1_Approvers 1

      Route Approval Form_Level 1_Approvers 2

      Route Approval Form_Level 1_Monitoring

      Route Approval Form_Level 2_Approvers 1

      Route Approval Form_Level 2_Rejection

    • Verify that the variables are linked to the display sheets. Modify the display sheets to set display options and variables.
    For more information on autolog displays and variables, refer to the Plant Applications Administrator Help.
  4. In Approval Cockpit, as a supervisor, you can: