Query about Human task (Management Chain)

hi'
I am designing work flow in which Human task is there, where I need a group of users to approve
one after the other based on there seniority.
my question is:
1.) How to determine the seniority, if this is in OID how to do this.
2.) I mentioned 3 users in management chain "A", "B", "C" the request goes to them
and then in the work list if I log in to any one of them it ask for "Claim" in stead of approve/ reject
once I do claim for that user, then approve/reject comes in and and after selecting approve/ reject
the request goes away from all 3 users.
I am checking the developers guide for Oracle BPEL, it says some thng else but some thing else is happening.
please advice
-yatan

Hi, please make sure that you select Users not Groups under the option 'Requires sequential approval of all partcipants below'. While designing the humantask, under 'Assignment and routing policy' --> type = Sequential List Of Approvers;
Label=Your_Label
Requires sequential approval of all participants below: This has two options:By Name, By expression.
The option By Name has two options: Users, and Groups.
Here make sure you select 'Users'.
Then assign all the users in sequence you want them to approve. Then when you login the worklist application, you would see Approve/Reject.
If the first/current approver approves, then only second/next approver in sequence can see/approve/reject.
Regards,
Help Please.
Edited by: Help please on Oct 26, 2009 10:47 AM

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