# Follow the reviewed approval routing

See a large order wait for a second supervisor and a submitter's own one-off order go to someone else.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/purchasing/guides/purchasing-approval-routing

Audience: Supervisor

Sarah Hughes is signed in with only the Supervisor role and a recent security check. The reviewed October purchasing terms send Calder orders over £500 to two supervisors, and one-off purchases to a supervisor other than the person who submitted them.

## Follow the reviewed approval routing

1. **Open approvals**

   Open approvals.

   Approvals lists the current revisions waiting for a supervisor. Open the submitted draft to review its exact quantities and delivery details.

2. **Open the £540 calibration order**

   Open the £540 calibration order.

   Sam has submitted Draft 4: twelve hours of calibration from Calder Fixings, £540.00 in total. The reviewed rule says this revision needs two different supervisors.

3. **Read the approval rule**

   Read the approval rule.

   Open the recorded rule check. It names the rule that applied, Calder orders over £500 need two supervisors, and the facts it used: the supplier, the currency and the order total.

4. **Give the first approval**

   Give the first approval.

   Approve revision 1. Your approval is recorded with a recent identity check, but the order is not approved yet: it waits for a second supervisor and has no order reference.

5. **Try to approve it again**

   Try to approve it again.

   Approving again is refused. The same person cannot count as both supervisors, so ask another supervisor to review the order.

6. **Return to approvals**

   Return to approvals.

   Approvals still lists the calibration order until a second supervisor approves it. Next, open the one-off order you submitted yourself.

7. **Open your own one-off order**

   Open your own one-off order.

   Draft 5 is for four M10 lifting eye bolts, a one-off purchase. You prepared and submitted it, and the reviewed rule says one-off purchases are approved by someone other than the submitter.

8. **Check you cannot approve it**

   Check you cannot approve it.

   Your approval is refused because you submitted this order. Ask another supervisor to approve it; nothing is ordered until they do.

[Watch or practise this chapter](https://help.smartfact.ai/purchasing/demo?guide=purchasing-approval-routing&chapter=approval-routing&audience=office)

Approval rules route an order; they never approve it. Every approval is a supervisor's decision with a recent identity check, and the order gets its reference only when the last required approval is recorded.