Custom AP business rules for routing

You can use are several customizable business rules to implement custom logic for assigning a manual activity to a user or group.

In the following AP Workflow business rules, the resource ID is initially populated with the ID of the user group that was assigned using standard logic. This default implementation is how these business rules are configured. You can leave the business rule unmodified or you can customize it to assign a different resource.

The following business rules are available in the AP Workflow.

Business Rule	Activity
AP Custom Assign Exception Resource	Exception activity
AP Custom Assign Line Pairing Exception Resource	Line Pairing Exception activity
AP Custom Assign Coding Resource	Coding activity
AP Custom Assign Approval Resource	Approval activity

Each of these business rules have the following input and output variables.

Business Rule	Type	Description
ResourceId	String	The TotalAgility resource ID of the group or user.
InvoiceId	Long	This Invoice ID references the INVOICE_HEADER table.
ERPOrgId	String	The ERP organization ID.
ERPBusinessUnitId	String	The ERP business unit ID.

The AP Custom Assign Approval Resource business rule is different because it is called to resolve the first approver as well as for resolving the next approver. As a result, this business unit has the following additional input and output variables.

Business Rule	Type	Description
PreviousApprovierId	String	The TotalAgility resource ID of the previous approver. This is empty if the business rule is resolving the first approver.
PreviousApproverLimit	Long	The approval limit of the previous approver, if any.
NextApproverLimit	Long	The approval limit of the next approver.