Skip Contract Approval

Hi,
We are R12.0.6 Service Contracts.
We have a requirement wherein we want to skip the approval flow when a contract is created.
What are the options to achive this ? Is it going to be setups only or would it need code change ?
Thanks in advance
UtC

Hi UTC,
You can bypass the approval process but u will still have to go through the contract signing process. You can configure approvals manager to automatically approve contracts. Below are the steps
1. Log in with responsibility, Approvals Management Administrator and click on Administrator Dashboard
2. Change the Filter drop down to Transaction Type
3. Enter 'Service Contracts Internal Approval' and click Go.
4. Click the Update icon on the record returned.
5. Click Next until you get to the Mandatory Attributes section (Step 3 of 4).
6. In this page change AT_LEAST_ONE_RULE_MUST_APPLY to set the "Query / Value" to False.
7. Click Next until the end and save the changes by clicking Finish.
Any new contract created will now bypass the contract approval process but will still need to be signed. If you need to skip the contract signing step then I believe you will have to customize the work flow.
Hope this helps!
Thanks,
Sid.

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