Approve a Recipe

You can approve any recipe in the database for production or for testing.

To approve a recipe

1. From the File menu, select Approvals.

   The Approval dialog box appears.

   

2. Select the appropriate level command button on the Approval dialog box and then type information required. Levels can be approved in any order.

   The required levels of approval are configured in the Security Editor. If security is not enabled, you must manually select the Approved for Production or Approved for Test check box each time that you save the recipe. Five levels of recipe approval are permitted. The first level corresponds to the author. You can assign the remaining levels of approval based on your requirements.

   Tip: To prevent the same person from approving recipes at different levels, assign each level of approval to a different security role.

   For more information on configuring security, see "Security System".

3. Enable the Approved for Production or Approved for Test check boxes after all the required levels have been satisfied.

   You cannot schedule a recipe as part of a batch unless you have enabled the Approved for Production or Approved for Test check box.

   You can enable or disable the Approved for Production or Approved for Test check box at any time for recipes in which all levels of approval have been satisfied.

4. Click Close.

   Note: Recipe approvals made on version 8.0 and later show the time/date stamp of the electronic signature. If recipe approvals were made on a prior version of the batch software, the time/date of the electronic signature is not available.