Email Approval while email recipient is absent

Hi All ,

We have a requirement , where in case processing , we will be needing email approval to take further action on the case. In case , the email approver ( to whom we will be requesting approval ) is absent /or moved out of his role → We need to have a feature , where business can send a custom email to a different User ( who will be the new approver ) and this User will provide approval .

Consider this :- We can have OOTB email approval feature for happy path ( where the email recipient will be present ) .

We need some suggestion on handling the non happy path ( where the email recipient will not be present) .

On a high level, we are planning to do it like below :-

  • we can have a SLA in the approval assignment -which will notify one business user( Say User 1) ( i.e. say after 2 days also , if no action is being happening from the original recipient )
  • User1 will log in to PEGA .We will add one Menu to workobject . In that menu, will use Rich text editor to write email and one Pick list to choose recipient . Will be doing some customization in the back end to include OOTB approve /Reject button in It. Thus, User 1 will choose the new recipient( Say User 2) from a Pick list and will send email .
  • User 2 will receive a similar email like how the original recipient would have received with some custom message that User 1 , would be putting for User 2 .
  • User 2 will click Approve/Reject and case in PEGA needs to be processed accordingly .

Can some one please suggest:-

  • Whether the above approach will work or not ?
  • Is there any better option /OOTB feature feature present to handle this situation ?

Note :- We are Using Theme Cosmos and we are on PEGA cloud 8.7.5

Hi @AVIKCEMK,

Can you try? Send an email at a time to two users. One main user and another one main user report manager. If the main user is absent, in that case, the report manager can approve the case.

Thanks,

Ashok

@Bhumireddy Thanks for the reply . I am not sure with OOTB Single level Approval process , how will we be able to send email to multiple people at the same time? You can suggest the implementation .

Also - Our business might not agree with this approach as they want to send email to intended people when its actual need .

Hi @AVIKCEMK,

I mean, it will send the two separate emails simultaneously. One pyNotifyAssignee and second pyNotifyManager.

Thanks,

Ashok

@Bhumireddy

In the OOTB -Email approval , we are getting below options .

Can you please help -which setting/shape , you are referring above ?

@AVIKCEMK the one mentioned in your plan to do will work and when you want send email with custom content and send email only when user1 intends to send email, your approach should be good to go.

@Anoop Krishna Thanks