Approvals in cProjects

Is it possible to make the approvals process sequential with multiple approvers?
For example, get approved by a Product Manager before being passed to a VP for final approval to avoid putting unnecessary approvals in front of senior people (as they may get rejected by the Product manager).
Thanks

Thanks for your response.
I understand that each approver needs to give their approval before final approval may be granted. However, each approver receives the email as soon as the approval process starts, instead of the VP getting the email only when the Product Manager has approved it.
I've subsequently found out that it is a standard workflow process behind the approval mechanism, so I believe that we can amend the workflow to operate in the required manner (although haven't tried it yet).

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is it possible to display the old versions of an approval document from cProjects. We use the standard implementation of the approval process and form DPR_APPROVAL_HIER.
The problem is, in cProjects i can only see the actual version of the approval document. We want have the possibility to compare the actual version with the last version of the approval document.
I didn't find any note or forum thred to this problem.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Christian

Thank you for the link to the old versions! It's great!
The version link did show me how the program was updated but does not tell me at what point system 10.1.5 is no longer supported. Is there another way to find this out before I start downloading (I'm on dial-up you see... yep, one day I will get modern technology, but only once i can afford it!)
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Digital Signatures for cProjects Approval

Hi Folks,
I am on cProjects 4.5 and from what I understand there are 2 options for this based on whether or not I check the "Signature of Approval with User Certificate" box in Project Type config.
Unchecked - user is prompted for cProjects password and this works fine. Only issue for us is, we are on the portal and most likely cProjects password will be different and unknown to user. As per note 928527 this is standard behavior and tough luck for anybody on the portal.
Checked - use is given the ability to digitally sign the PDF approval document. When I select "sign" on the PDF I am given the ability to create a new ID or use an existing ID from a file, server etc. I created a new ID and signed the document. Once I do this and click the transfer button the system appears to hang. The progress indicator appears and keeps going.
Therefore my questions are:
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Hi,
please see teh Configuration Content for cProjects 4.5 available in SAP Solution Manager and also as PDF attachment to SAP Note 1035436.
There it says:
Making Settings for the Approval
Use
You can use user certificates for digital signatures of approvals.
Prerequisites
● You are using Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
● You have a user certificate that is suitable for digital signatures (for example, the single
sign-on certificate).
● You have installed Adobe® Reader and Adobe Document Services.
Procedure
To verify the signature, enter the corresponding root certificate in the certificate list of the
Personal Security Environment (PSE, transaction STRUST). For more information, see the
documentation for the activity and the Adobe Document Services u2013 Configuration Guide NW
2004s on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/adobe u2192 Media Library u2192
Documentation.
In fact, what is described in the ADS documentation referenced above is that you have to install
the certificate also on the ADS.
Kind regards,
Florian

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I want to hide some of the tab pages of the cProjects project.
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DPR_DASHBOARD
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CProjects-Phase Approval

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[cProjects Documentation on Approvals|http://aiokeh.wdf.sap.corp:50000/SAPIKS2/content_get.sap?_CLASS=IWB_EXTHLP&TMP_IWB_TASK=DISPLAY&_LOIO=DB0B304A66D0C047B84935A94765A6CC&LANGUAGE=EN&RELEASE=700&_SEQNUM=0]
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Cprojects-phase approvao-decision maker

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Line 115
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Hi
Goto Resources tab
in resources,
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