Is there a way to set the Status of a Project to Approved once the Approval process completes?

Hi John,

The only way to make the project status change to Approved automatically is to use the Approved status as the trigger for your approval. If you are concerned that the user won't trigger the approval and instead just change the status, you can create a report that shows the approval path details. I use this to capture the approval workflow end to end.

column.17.displayname=Project Approval Flow Details

column.17.sharecol=true

column.17.textmode=true

column.17.usewidths=true

column.17.value=<strong>Approval Start Date: </strong>

column.17.valueformat=HTML

column.17.width=200

column.18.linkedname=direct

column.18.namekey=approvalStartDate

column.18.querysort=approvalStartDate

column.18.sharecol=true

column.18.textmode=true

column.18.valuefield=approvalStartDate

column.18.valueformat=atDate

column.19.sharecol=true

column.19.textmode=true

column.19.value=<hr><strong>Approver by Stage:<br></strong>

column.19.valueformat=HTML

column.19.width=200

column.20.displayname=Approver

column.20.listdelimiter=<br>

column.20.listmethod=nested(approverStatuses).lists

column.20.sharecol=true

column.20.textmode=true

column.20.type=iterate

column.20.usewidths=true

column.20.valueexpression=CONCAT({approvalStep}," - ", {approvedBy}.{name}, " ")

column.20.valueformat=HTML

column.20.width=200

column.21.sharecol=true

column.21.textmode=true

column.21.value=<hr><strong>Approval/Rejected Date: </strong>

column.21.valueformat=HTML

column.21.width=200

column.22.displayname=

column.22.linkedname=direct

column.22.namekey=approvalCompletionDate

column.22.querysort=approvalCompletionDate

column.22.textmode=true

column.22.usewidths=true

column.22.valuefield=approvalCompletionDate

column.22.valueformat=atDate

column.22.width=200

I'm not aware of a workaround of any kind.

Hope this helps,

Teale