IM - Appropriation Request approval authorization based on Budget Value

Hi all,
Can someone help me confirm the following?
I'm implementing Investment Management module and use appropriation request (AR) to approve budgets where AR statuses can be approved only by certain authorization groups, and we do not use Workflow. The problem is that we want the status change not only based on authorization but combined with the budget value. For example, for budget <50,000 then Superintendants can approve the AR but if it's >50,000 then only Managers can approve the AR.
As far as I've looked, IM module does not provide this functionality where authorization can be restricted based on budget value. Can someone confirm this?
Thx very much in advance!
cheers,
-Ri-

The standard AR workflow sends a notification (document once approved) to the applicant and workflow to the approver (for approval). For details refer the link below:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/2a/f9f542493111d182b70000e829fbfe/content.htm
Standard reports under Investment Management>Appropriation Requests>Reports on Appropriation Requests>Master Data Lists ex.,T Code IMR5 - Appropriation Request Without Distribution Without Variants with changed layout to include system status would show you the required information.
Regards
Sreenivas

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