POST approval_requests/cancel

This method is used to cancel pending approval requests. A single approval request can be cancelled through this method

Resource URL

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

token

String

The token retrieved from the login method

approval_request_identifier

(mandatory)

Approval Request Identifier

The identifier of the approval request that should be cancelled. The allowed approval request Identifier fields are the following:

Name

Type

Description

id

(semi-optional)

String

The ID of the approval request

number

(semi-optional)

String

The number of the approval request

Note that only pending approval requests are allowed to be specified

response

(mandatory)

String

The response to the approval request as provided by the user that cancelled the approval request

fields_set

(optional)

List of Strings, comma separated

A list of fields that should be included in the results. If not specified then all the available fields will be returned

Restrictions

It is mandatory to specify one of the semi-optional parameters. Only one of those parameters is allowed to be specified.

Response Data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved approval request
number	String	The number of the retrieved approval request
unified_code	String	The unified code of the retrieved approval request
life_cycle_state	String	The life cycle state of the retrieved approval request which can be PENDING, APPROVED, REJECTED or CANCELLED
entity	String	The name of the entity related with the approval request. The supported entities are the following: ACTIVITIES ADHOCDISCOUNT CREDITNOTES INVOICES JOBS LEADS PAYMENTS REFUNDS REWARDOFFERS SERVICEREQUESTS SUBSCRIPTIONS REWARDOFFERS entity is available from CRM.COM R11.0.0 LEADS entity is available from CRM.COM R14.0.0 ADHOCDISCOUNT, CREDITNOTES, INVOICES, PAYMENTS, REFUNDS are available from CRM.COM R15.0.0
entity_id	String	The ID of the entity related to the approval request
subject	String	The subject of the retrieved approval request
response	String	The response of the retrieved approval request
response_date	Date	The date that a response was provided for the retrieved approval request
responded_by	User Object	The user that responded to the retrieved approval request
approval_definition	Approval Definition Object	The approval definition that was used to create the approval request
workflow_rule	Workflow Rule Object	The workflow rule that triggered the approval request
authorised_users_set	Set of Users Objects	The users that are authorised to approve, reject or cancel the approval request
log_information	Log Information Object	The log information of the retrieved approval request

Referred Objects Response Data

user object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved user
username	String	The user name of the retrieved user
person_name	String	The full name of the retrieved user
email	String	The email of the retrieved user

approval_definition object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved approval definition
alternative_code	String	The alternative code of the retrieved approval definition
name	String	The name of the retrieved approval definition
life_cycle_state	String	The life cycle state of the retrieved approval definition. The supported life cycle states are EFFECTIVE or NOT_EFFECTIVE

workflow_rule object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved workflow rule
alternative_code	String	The alternative code of the retrieved workflow rule
name	String	The name of the retrieved workflow rule
life_cycle_state	String	The life cycle state of the retrieved workflow rule. The supported life cycle states are EFFECTIVE or NOT_EFFECTIVE

log_information object response data

Name	Type	Description
created_date	Date	The date that the retrieved record was created
updated_date	Date	The last date that the retrieved record was updated
created_by_unit	Unit Object	The unit that created the retrieved record From CRM.COM R14.1.0 and onward, group_name and community_name attributes will be returned as empty, if the related legacy compatibility setting is disabled Deprecated from CRM.COM R18.0.0
created_by_business_unit	Unit Object	The unit that created the retrieved record From CRM.COM R14.1.0 and onward, group_name and community_name attributes will be returned as empty, if the related legacy compatibility setting is disabled Available from CRM.COM R18.0.0
created_by_user	User Object	The user that created the retrieved record From CRM.COM R14.1.0 and onward, person_name and email attributes will be returned as empty, if the related legacy compatibility setting is disabled
updated_by_unit	Unit Object	The last unit that updated the retrieved record From CRM.COM R14.1.0 and onward, group_name and community_name attributes will be returned as empty, if the related legacy compatibility setting is disabled Deprecated from CRM.COM R18.0.0
updated_by_business_unit	Unit Object	The last unit that updated the retrieved record Available from CRM.COM R18.0.0
updated_by_user	User Object	The last user that updated the retrieved record From CRM.COM R14.1.0 and onward, person_name and email attributes will be returned as empty, if the related legacy compatibility setting is disabled

Referred Objects Response Data

unit object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved unit
name	String	The name of the retrieved unit
group_name	String	The name of the group that the retrieved unit belongs to
community_name	String	The name of the community that the retrieved unit belongs to
alternative_code	String	The alternative code of the retrieved unit
description	String	The description of the retrieved unit

business unit object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved business unit
name	String	The name of the retrieved business unit
code	String	The code of the retrieved business unit
unified_code	String	The unified code of the retrieved business unit
description	String	The description of the retrieved business unit
parent_business_unit_name	String	The name of the parent business unit that the retrieved business unit belongs to

user object response data

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the retrieved user
username	String	The user name of the retrieved user
person_name	String	The full name of the retrieved user
email	String	The email of the retrieved user

Examples

Example 1

HTTP Method: POST

Request:

Body:

{
          "token":"438BA44BD33B44EEBC77746030A92629",
          "approval_request_identifier":{"number":"31"},
          "response":"Test from API"
}

Response:

{
    "status":
    {
        "message": "",
        "description": "",
        "code": "OK"
    },
    "data":
    {
        "authorised_users_set":
        [
            {
                "person_name": "Marios Lannister",
                "username": "MPAdministrator",
                "id": "1",
                "email": "crm.com.tst@gmail.com"
            },
            {
                "person_name": "Eleni Michailidou",
                "username": "emichailidou",
                "id": "63ACDBBC5B39AD2DF5B167FA70EE57DD",
                "email": "crm.com.tst@gmail.com"
            }
        ],
        "response": "Test from API",
        "responded_by":
        {
            "person_name": "Marios Lannister",
            "username": "MPAdministrator",
            "id": "1"
        },
        "entity": "ACTIVITIES",
        "number": "31",
        "subject": "Approval for Activities by Manager and Assigned to User",
        "response_date": "2016-01-19T11:08:22",
        "approval_definition":
        {
            "life_cycle_state": "EFFECTIVE",
            "id": "D159E061650D40E689CADDF17ABB424A",
            "name": "Installation Approval WT",
            "alternative_code": "IAW"
        },
        "log_information":
        {
            "updated_date": "2016-01-19T11:08:22",
            "created_date": "2016-01-15T12:24:57",
            "created_by_unit":
            {
                "community_name": "Internal Community",
                "id": "48305F8849E3C18B227C5BE3A27BA6DF",
                "name": "Admin Unit",
                "group_name": "Main Group",
                "description": "r1",
                "alternative_code": "MG"
            },
            "updated_by_unit":
            {
                "community_name": "Internal Community",
                "id": "48305F8849E3C18B227C5BE3A27BA6DF",
                "name": "Admin Unit",
                "group_name": "Main Group",
                "description": "r1",
                "alternative_code": "MG"
            },
            "created_by_user":
            {
                "person_name": "emichailidou",
                "username": "emichailidou",
                "id": "63ACDBBC5B39AD2DF5B167FA70EE57DD",
                "email": "crm.com.tst@gmail.com"
            },
            "updated_by_user":
            {
                "person_name": "Marios Lannister",
                "username": "MPAdministrator",
                "id": "1"
            }
        },
        "life_cycle_state": "CANCELLED",
        "entity_id": "62CBD15D374A409EBD84445ACB5B0AD1",
        "unified_code": "24",
        "id": "3A27633CD3D64779BC21E5281362563C",
        "workflow_rule":
        {
            "life_cycle_state": "EFFECTIVE",
            "id": "F935C2C73CB948DCBD5101DFFF79FC6E",
            "name": "Installations Activities - Approvals WT",
            "alternative_code": "IA-AW"
        }
    }
}