Activate Add Approver wtih N Step Badi

Dear Experts,
we are in SRM5.0 and the add approver button has been disabled using the badi bbp_chng_agnt_allow, however the current requirement is to activate this button specific to a country.Please advice on how to achieve this requirement,as we have also implemented n-badi workflow approval for shc.
Thanks and Regards,
Sathya Kumar.

Hi,
Take a help of Technical guy ( abap ) and implement the logic ( coding ) in BADI BBP_CHNG_AGNT_ALLOW
method IF_EX_BBP_CHNG_AGNT_ALLOW~AUTHORISE_FOR_CHANGE
You can use BADI BBP_CHNG_AGNT_GET : restrict / build your own list of possible agents
Thanks
prasad.s

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