Approvals by Responsibility

Hi
My customer would like to have the following rules set up in AME:
For Leave of Absence: if an employee submits an absence request through Employee Self Service the request should go for manager approval. However, if their line manager submits the request on their behalf (for example if the employee is off sick and the line manager wants to record their sickness absence) the transaction should be submitted straight to the database.
So, this cannot be done just by setting up Job Groups or Approval Levels, as the approval should be determined by the responsibility that is being used to conduct the transaction, not the actual user who is conducting it.
Can this be done? I'm thinking about an Exception that is based on a Responsibility, but I can't see any documentation anywhere that will allow this to happen.
Thanks
Tim
Edited by: user2002278 on 30-Oct-2008 02:52

Each user should have a job associated with their ID. If you set the approvals so that any entries by a Manager other than to his/her own record and other than his/her superiors in the organization hierarchy do need any additional approvals, it should work fine.
To guide you in the right direction - you would need to set the HR_APPROVAL_REQ_FLAG to 'N' when the employee is a manager and entering absence detail (or any detail) for any subordinate employee.
For more detailed explanation on the process, refer to NOTE:360515.1

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