The GL Journal Approval Process obtains the necessary management approvals for manual journal batches. The process validates the journal batch, determines if approval is required, submits the batch to approvers (if required), then notifies appropriate individuals of the approval results.

The process has a result type of GL Journal Approval Process Result that gives one of four results:

• Validation Failed: The journal batch failed the validation process and was never submitted to the approver.
• Approval Not Required: The journal batch does not need approval.
• Approved: The journal batch was approved by all necessary approvers. In some cases, this may be the preparer.
• Rejected: The journal batch was rejected by an approver.

The process consists of 5 unique activities, some of which are reused, to comprise the 9 activity nodes that appear in the workflow diagram: