1.Description of Deduplication Type

1.1 Automatically deduplicate approvers when they appear multiple times in a process.

That is, only the first approval step in which the approver appears will be retained if the approver appears in multiple approval steps of an approval process.

1.2 Automatically deduplicate approvers when they appear consecutively in a process.

That is, only the first approval step in which the approver appears will be retained if the approver appears in consecutive approval steps.

2.Description of Special Scenarios

Special Scenarios		Automatically deduplicate approvers when they appear multiple times in a process.	Automatically deduplicate approvers when they appear consecutively in a process.
Anyone Assigned		Duplicate approvers on steps requiring anyone assigned will be deduplicated and the step will be deemed passed. That is, if there are two anyone-assigned approvers, A and B, in the step requiring anyone assigned in a process, A will be automatically deduplicated if they appeared in a previous approval step and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's previous approval. Moreover, approval from B is not required since the step only requires anyone assigned and the step will be deemed approved. *This rule also applies for anyone-assigned approval steps where the approver A repeatedly appears throughout the approval process, in which case only the first will be retained.	Anyone-assigned duplicate approvers appearing consecutively on steps requiring anyone assigned will be deduplicated and these steps will be deemed passed. That is, if there are two anyone-assigned approvers, A and B, in the step requiring anyone assigned in a process, A will be automatically deduplicated if they appeared in the last approval step and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's last approval. Moreover, approval from B is not required since the step only requires anyone assigned and the step will be deemed approved. *This rule also applies for approval steps where the approver A consecutively and repeatedly appears throughout the anyone-assigned approval process, in which case the first will be retained.
Add Approver		Do Not Auto-deduplicate	Do Not Auto-deduplicate
Transfer	Manual Transfer	Do Not Auto-deduplicate	Do Not Auto-deduplicate
Transfer	Automatic Transfer	Duplicate approvers will be deduplicated in automatic transfer approval steps. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the approval process if A appears again in the automatic transfer approval step and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's last approval. *This rule also applies for approval steps automatically transfer to A where A has already approved the previous approval step. Only the first approval step in which the approver appears will be retained.	Duplicate approvers that appear consecutively in automatic transfer approval steps will be deduplicated. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the approval process if A appears in the consecutive automatic transfer approval steps and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's last approval. *This rule also applies for consecutive approval steps automatically transferred to A where A has already approved the previous approval step. Only the first approval step in which the approver appears will be retained.
Everyone Assigned		Duplicate approvers will be deduplicated in everyone-assigned approval steps. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the everyone-assigned approval process if both A and B appear in the everyone-assigned approval step after A already appeared in the approval process once and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's last approval. *This rule also applies for approval steps where the approver A repeatedly appears throughout the everyone-assigned approval step, in which case only the first will be retained .	Approvers that appear consecutively in everyone-assigned approval steps will be deduplicated. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the everyone-assigned approval process if both A and B appear in the everyone-assigned approval step after A already appeared in the last approval step and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's previous approval. *This rule also applies for approval steps where the approver A consecutively appears in everyone-assigned approval steps, in which case only the first will be retained.
Sequential Approval		Duplicate approvers will be deduplicated in sequential approval steps. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the approval process if A appears in the sequential approval step after already appeared in the approval process once and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's last approval. *This rule also applies for approval steps where the approver A repeatedly appears throughout the approval process after appeared in the sequential approval steps, in which case only the first will be retained.	Approvers that appear consecutively in sequential approval steps will be deduplicated. That is, A will be automatically deduplicated during the approval process if A appears in the sequential approval steps once and there is no change to the scope or content of the approval document after A's previous approval. *This rule also applies for approval steps where the approver A consecutively appears throughout the approval process after appeared in the sequential approval steps, in which case only the first will be retained.

3.Why did the approval process not deduplicate after I configured the deduplication rules?

•The deduplication rule will be invalid and a duplication review will be required if the scope or content of the document changes between two approval steps in the approval process.

For example:

1.The reimbursement amount is revised to 1000 during the approval process from 100 at the beginning.

2.A field in a table is not readable the first time while it is readable the second time.

•If the approval process is returned to the initiator or to a certain step, it will not be deduplicated when it is for transfer again.

1.​Description of Deduplication Type

2.​Description of Special Scenarios

3.​Why did the approval process not deduplicate after I configured the deduplication rules?

1.Description of Deduplication Type

2.Description of Special Scenarios

3.Why did the approval process not deduplicate after I configured the deduplication rules?