CUP 5.3 (SP9) CUP request form confusion

Question

Hello Experts,
There are two ways to create a CUP request as I know:
(1) Use a CUP link in the Request Access screen to create a CUP request
(2) CUP>My Work>Create Request
Here I have a question:
What are the differences between these two request forms? Obviously, the appearance is different in each request form. In what situation do we use each form?
A little background:
Our business requirement goes; a person (security admin) who is creating a CUP request for other people does risk analysis and mitigates the user if there is any risk violation before submitting to the 1st stage approver (manager).
My problem:
When creating a CUP request with an option (1), I cannot run risk analysis since there is no "Risk Analysis" button. I don't think this is configurable.
On the other hand, I can do risk analysis with the option (2). But, with the option (2), there is only so much I can customize. Whatever I customize in CUP>Configuration>Request Form Customization, it only changes the option (2) form but not the option (1) form. For example, I want the manager name field mandatory, but CUP won't let me do it for the option (1).
Please share your knowledge why there are two request forms available in CUP and how I can make them fit into our business requirement (risk analysis when requesting and set mandatory fields as we want).
Thanks,
HM

Answer 1

HM,
  Option 1: End user request form ->
  It should be used by all the users and offcourse CUP does not allow end users to run risk analysis for their requests. All the customization made through end user personalization will show up in this form.
Option 2: Approver view request form ->
This request form should not be used by all the users. It is only intended to be used by power or advanced users. As you can fill the form with any kind of fake details here.
Alpesh