METHOD FOR SETTING APPROVAL PROCEDURE BASED ON BASE FIELDS

• US 20200134527A1
• Filed: 07/09/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Chengdu Qianniu Information Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Chengdu Qianniu Information Technology Company Limited
• Inventors: CHEN, Dazhi
• Application Number:
  US16/629,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20200134527A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/211 Schema design and management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2457 with adaptation to user needs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2145 Inheriting rights or properties, e.g., propagation of permissions or restrictions within a hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment

Abstract

A method for setting an approval process based on basis fields is disclosed in the present invention, including a step of creating an approval process: S1: selecting a form corresponding to the approval process; S2: selecting a basis field for the approval process, where one basis field can be selected by one or more approval processes; and S3: setting a field value set of the selected basis field of the approval process, wherein each field value can only exist in a field value set of one approval process under the basis field. During relation to the approval process, it is determined, according to the field value of the basis field in the approval form, the approval form belongs to which approval process'"'"'s field value set of the corresponding basis field. In the present invention, when a form is submitted to be approved in an approval process, the form may be automatically related to an approval process according to a field value of a basis field in the form. The process is determined according to content of the basis field in the form, which is simple, clear, and easy to operate. The basis field in the form is changeable, so that different approval requirements in actual management can be met.

Claims

1. A method for setting an approval process based on basis fields, comprising a step of determining a basis field for an approval form, a step of creating an approval process, and a step of automatically relating an approval process according to an approval form submitted by a user:

the step of determining a basis field for an approval form comprises;

determining a basis field for each form that needs workflow approval, or determining a basis field for each form for which workflow approval needs to be executed according to the basis field, wherein only one basis field can be determined for one approval form during the same period;

the step of creating an approval process comprises the following steps;

S1;

selecting a form corresponding to the approval process, wherein one form corresponds to one or more approval processes;

S2;

selecting a basis field for the approval process, wherein one basis field can be selected by one or more approval processes, and the basis field is a submission role, or a role-nature field in the corresponding form, or a department-nature field in the corresponding form; and

S3;

setting a field value set of the basis field of the approval process selected in step S2, wherein each field value can only exist in a field value set of one approval process under the basis field;

the step of automatically relating an approval process according to an approval form submitted by a user comprises the following steps;

SS1;

finding, by a system, a determined basis field in the approval form according to the approval form submitted by the user;

SS2;

according to the basis field determined in step SS1, if no corresponding approval process can be found based on the basis field in the approval form, displaying “

no corresponding approval process”

, and if a corresponding approval process can be found based on the basis field in the approval form, finding all approval processes corresponding to the basis field, and proceeding to step SS3, or if a corresponding approval process can be found based on the basis field in the approval form, directly proceeding to step SS3; and

SS3;

determining, according to a field value of the basis field in the approval form, the approval form belongs to which approval process'"'"'s field value set of the corresponding basis field, then approving the approval form using this approval process, and completing the relation of the approval form to the approval process.

2. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein if the selected basis field is the submission role or the role-nature field in the corresponding form, all the field values in the field value set are roles;

and if the selected basis field is the department-nature field in the corresponding form, all the field values in the field value set are departments.

3. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein the field value set comprises a null field value, an approval process corresponding to a form in which the field value of the selected basis field is null is set when approval processes are set, and when content of the basis field in the approval form submitted by the user is null, this approval process is used for approval.

4. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein when the selected basis field only corresponds to a unique approval process, there is a field value option “

all”

in the field value set of the selected basis field of the approval process and “

all”

is selected;

if the determined basis field in the approval form submitted by the user is the same as the selected basis field of the approval process, the approval process is used for approving the submitted approval form regardless of the field value of the basis field in the approval form submitted by the user, and also used for approving subsequent newly-added field values of the basis field.

5. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein the role-nature field in the form and the department-nature field in the form are both radio mandatory fields.

6. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein the role is an independent individual rather than a group/class, one role can only be related to a unique user during the same period, and one user is related to one or more roles.

7. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 6, wherein the role belongs to a certain department, the role is unique under the department, the role is authorized according to work content of the role, and the user obtains a permission through its relation to the role.

8. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 7, wherein during cross-department transfer of a user, the user'"'"'s relation to the role in the original department is canceled first, and then the user is related to a role in a new department.

9. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 6, wherein the approval process is based on a three-layer structure model of user-role-permission that comprises:

a role layer, wherein an operation subject of process approval in a workflow is a role, each role is an independent individual rather than a group/class, one role can only be related to a unique user during the same period, and one user is related to one or more roles;

a permission layer composed of permissions required to be used in the execution of the workflow, wherein each permission is directly authorized to a role; and

a user layer, wherein a user determines an approval task in the approval process through a related role, and performs an approval operation with the permission of the related role.

10. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 1, wherein the approval process comprises:

one start node for initiating an approval process;

at least one approval node for selecting an approval role and authorizing the approval role; and

one end node, at which the approval process is ended.

11. The method for setting an approval process based on basis fields according to claim 3, wherein when the selected basis field only corresponds to a unique approval process, there is a field value option “

all”

in the field value set of the selected basis field of the approval process and “

all”

is selected;

if the determined basis field in the approval form submitted by the user is the same as the selected basis field of the approval process, the approval process is used for approving the submitted approval form regardless of the field value of the basis field in the approval form submitted by the user, and also used for approving subsequent newly-added field values of the basis field.