Odoo 19 Approvals (Enterprise) gives employees a simple way to request things such as purchases, business trips, loans or general authorisations, and gives managers a clear way to approve or refuse them. These are the topics that come up most when companies set it up.
The most asked Approvals topics
- Approval types: create a type for each kind of request and choose which fields are required, such as amount, dates, contact or products.
- Approvers: add specific approvers, mark some as required, and optionally include the employee's manager automatically.
- Minimum approvals and sequence: set how many approvals are needed and whether approvers must approve in order.
- Purchase requests: with the purchase type, approved product requests can generate requests for quotation in Purchase.
- Tracking: requesters and approvers follow status, comments and attachments on each request, with activities scheduled for approvers.
Practical setup tips
- Start with a short list of approval types that match your delegation of authority instead of one type per scenario.
- Use required approvers for roles that must always sign off, such as the finance manager, and minimum approvals for flexibility.
- Attach supporting documents to requests and make the description mandatory so approvers have context.
- For approvals inside other apps, such as purchase order double validation or Studio approval rules, configure those directly in the related app.
Clear approval flows reduce email chains and give management an audit trail. 1CBMS can help map your authority matrix to Odoo 19 Approvals and train requesters and approvers.