Approval Workflow Management in NSM

Create/add users into NSM:

• Go to User Management>Users>click Add User
• Refer to admin guidelines for setting up users

Enable the Approval Workflow setting:

• Go to Config Management>Approval Groups
• Click to enable Approval Workflow for tenant option
• Select either Full (requires all approvers to approve commit prior to commit push) or Partial (requires only one approver to approve commit prior to commit push)
• Enter number day/s for approval expiry (default 1)
• Click Accept to save settings

Configuring the Approval Group/s:

• Click on the Approval Groups tab
• Click Add

• Enter name of the Approval Group
• Enter Description
• Click Next

• Select what user/s will be an Approver
• Click the first directional option to move them to the group
• Click Next

• Select what user/s will be on Notification list
• Click the first directional option to move them to the group
• Enter any Adhoc email recipients to be on the notification list and click add
• Click Done to complete the Approval Group

Commit and Deploy Approval Process:

• Click on Commit & Deploy to view list of commits

• Select the commit/s as needed
• Click Next

• Select the Approval Group to be used for the commit/s selected
• Click Next

• Select either deploy immediately or set schedule
• Click Next

• Review Pending Changes and click Commit

• Click Redirect to All Commits

• Each Approver will need to login to NSM to either Approve or Reject (does not apply if using Partial Approval)
• Select Action and click either Approve or Reject

• Approver to enter Comment
• Click Approve

• Once all approvers have finished, the commit is scheduled and pushed or is rejected