Odoo Community
Odoo Enterprise
Viindoo Cloud
Approvers chosen by the purpose of the request
Usage purposes - Marketing Campaign, Capital Expenditure, Business Travel - each with its own approver rule; an approval type asks for the purpose and adds the matching approver step on top of its usual ones.
OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals (technical name viin_approval_purpose_routing) is an Odoo 17.0 app for Odoo Community and Odoo Enterprise and Viindoo Cloud, built for requester, approval admin, cfo.
At a Glance
The facts of OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals, version 0.1.0, in one place. Published by Viindoo.
Technical name
viin_approval_purpose_routing
Odoo version
17.0 (Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud)
Category
Productivity/Approvals
Adds
1 new model, 5 extended models, 1 menu
Best for
Requester; Approval admin; CFO
Not for
Approvers must be Approval Officers.
Key features
Usage purposes with approver selectors, Purpose required or optional per approval type, Type steps scoped to a purpose, Approver list recomputed from the purpose, User, job, department and tag selectors, Submitter-manager restriction option
How It Works
Define purposes; add purpose steps to the type; require the purpose; submit.
1
The request
Replacement forklift, purpose set.
2
Approvers
The usual chain plus the capex approver.
3
Purposes
Six purposes with their selectors.
4
A purpose
Approver and required flag.
5
The type
Marketing and capex rows.
What You Get
Usage purposes with approver selectors
Purpose required or optional per approval type
Type steps scoped to a purpose
Approver list recomputed from the purpose
User, job, department and tag selectors
Submitter-manager restriction option
More Screens
Everything below was taken on a database seeded with real business data, on this series - not a mock-up and not a screenshot from an older version.
What This App Does Not Do
Read this before you buy. Everything below is something the app deliberately leaves to another app or to you.
Approvers must be Approval Officers.
Add them to the group.
A department without an eligible manager is skipped.
Set the manager or use a user selector.
Purpose steps add to the type's steps, never replace them.
Trim the type if it should.
Works Well With
Apps from the same stack, built to fit this one:
Who Should Use OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals?
Requester
Picks the purpose, not the approver.
Approval admin
One rule per purpose instead of one type per purpose.
CFO
Every capex request lands on their desk.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals do?
Usage purposes - Marketing Campaign, Capital Expenditure, Business Travel - each with its own approver rule; an approval type asks for the purpose and adds the matching approver step on top of its usual ones.
What does OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals not do?
Approvers must be Approval Officers. Add them to the group. A department without an eligible manager is skipped. Set the manager or use a user selector. Purpose steps add to the type's steps, never replace them. Trim the type if it should.
Who is OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals for?
Requester: Picks the purpose, not the approver. Approval admin: One rule per purpose instead of one type per purpose. CFO: Every capex request lands on their desk.
Which Odoo version and editions does it support?
Odoo 17.0 - Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud. Upgrades to a newer Odoo series are a separate purchase for that series.
What does it depend on?
It installs on top of: viin_approval. Odoo installs them with it.
How do I set it up?
Define purposes; add purpose steps to the type; require the purpose; submit.
What works well with it?
Approvals (viin_approval): The engine. Flexible Approval Flow (viin_approval_flexible_flow): Edit the chain per request.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes - the Live Preview button at the top of this page opens the module's own screen on a working database.
How do I get support?
Write to apps.support@viindoo.com with your Odoo version and the technical name viin_approval_purpose_routing; pre-sales questions go to sales@viindoo.com.
Need help with OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals?
For questions, implementation support or a custom feature, contact Viindoo.
Upgrades to a newer Odoo series are a separate purchase for that series.
All Viindoo apps: apps.odoo.com/apps/modules/browse?author=Viindoo
About Viindoo. Viindoo builds and maintains more than 1,000 apps on the Odoo App Store for the Community and Enterprise editions and runs them on Viindoo Cloud. A purchase of OmniApproval™ - Purpose-based Approvals covers the 17.0 series: bug fixes on the module reach you through the store, questions go to apps.support@viindoo.com with the technical name viin_approval_purpose_routing, and moving to a newer Odoo series is a separate purchase for that series. Source code is delivered with the module and stays yours to read and adapt.
Technical Requirement
Editions: Odoo Community, Odoo Enterprise, Viindoo Cloud
Changes log
0.1.0 - Latest on the 17.0 line
- Aligned with the 17.0 models and views.
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