JP2004258960A - System, program, and method of approval - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an approval system which shortens lead time until approval by all of circulating object persons circulating an approval draft to all of the circulating object persons in original order in an electronic settlement system. <P>SOLUTION: A server 1 of this electronic settlement system is provided with a server software 10 by which information of circulated draft slips is disclosed to approvers capable of browsing on a LAN 3 at the case when the draft slips are circulated to the approvers in order on the LAN 3. The input approval conditions of the draft slips of every approvers are stored in a reserved approval condition table 30 when the approval condition about the draft slip scheduled to circulate to an approver himself among the disclosed draft slips is input from the approver. The approval condition of the approver in the reserved approval condition table 30 is checked when the draft slip is circulated to the approver. Approval processing is performed when the approval condition registered by the approver beforehand is satisfied. On the other hand, the approval operation is suspended for the approver about the draft slip satisfying no approval condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an approval system, an approval program, and an approval method for sequentially circulating approval cases to be circulated to an approver in, for example, an electronic settlement system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There is disclosed a workflow apparatus for sequentially circulating documents to be circulated to persons to be circulated (hereinafter referred to as circulation). (See, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0003]
This workflow device is provided with at least one circulation route (express mode, limited express mode, etc.) in addition to the default circulation route (normal mode) for a document, depending on the urgency of document processing. When one of the circulation routes is selected, an automatic circulation mode setting function is provided for automatically changing the setting of the circulation route so as to become the selected circulation route.
In the case of this workflow device, in an emergency, the circulation lead time can be shortened by circulating the document through a circulation route different from the initial setting.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-10-301998 (FIG. 3)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the case of the workflow apparatus described in Patent Literature 1, documents are circulated along a circulation route other than the default circulation route in an emergency, so that the circulation target person originally included in the default circulation route is used. Sometimes documents do not turn around.
When documents are not circulated to the circulated person in this way, if it is a circulation of general confirmation items, it does not matter much, but when circulating documents for approval like an electronic approval system, The original purpose of "approval" may not be achieved.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem, and an approval that can reduce the lead time until all the circulated persons approve while circulating the approved matter to all the circulated persons in the original order. It aims to provide systems, approval programs, and approval methods.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the approval system of the present invention comprises: an approval matter circulation means for sequentially circulating an approval matter to an approver to be circulated to an approver on a network according to a circulation route; and the approval matter circulation means. Approval case information publishing means for publishing the information of the circulated approval case to the approver so as to be viewable on the network, and circulated to itself among the approval cases published by the approval case information publishing means A means for prompting the input of approval conditions for the scheduled approval matter, an approval condition storage means for storing the inputted approval conditions of the approval matter for each approver, and the approval matter being circulated to the approver by the approval matter circulating means. If the approval condition of the approver is checked, the approval condition of the approver stored in the approval condition storage means is checked. While performing, for approvals it does not meet the approval condition is characterized by comprising a authorization means to approval operation awaiting according approver.
In addition, the time information from when the approval matter is circulated to the approver until the approval process is executed is used as one of the approval conditions, and the date and time information when the approval reservation is made for the approval matter is one of the approval conditions. You may use as. Further, an approval condition may be given to each item specified in the approval matter.
[0008]
The approval program according to the present invention is an approval program for causing an approval system to execute processing, wherein the approval system circulates an approval case to an approver to be circulated to an approver on a network according to a circulation route. An approval matter information publishing means for publishing the information of the approval matter circulated by the approval matter circulating means to the approver so as to be viewable on the network; and an approval matter information published by the approval matter information publishing means. Means for prompting input of approval conditions for an approval matter to be circulated therein, approval condition storage means for storing the approval conditions of the approval matter entered for each approver, and approval by the approval matter circulation means When the approval matter is circulated to the approver, the approval condition of the approver stored in the approval condition storage unit is checked, and the approval If it meets the approval conditions, while performing the approval processing of the approvals, the approvals which does not meet the approval condition is characterized by to function as an admission means for the approval operation awaiting according approver.
[0009]
An approval method according to the present invention includes the steps of: an approval system publishing information of an approval matter to an approver to be circulated to the approver so as to be viewable on a network; and an approval published on the network by the approval system. A step of prompting the approver to input approval conditions for an approval matter to be circulated to the approver in the case, a step of storing the approval conditions of the input approval matter for each approver in the approval system, Is circulated to the approver, the approval system checks the approval condition of the approver, and if the approval condition of the approver is satisfied, the approval process of the approval matter is performed while the approval condition is satisfied. Waiting for an approval operation by an approver for an unapproved matter.
[0010]
In the present invention, when an approval condition for an approval matter scheduled to be circulated to the approver among the approval cases published on the network by the approval system is input by the approver, the approval condition of the approval matter is changed by the approver. The approval system memorizes each time.
When the approval matter is circulated to the approver, the approval system checks the approval condition of the approver, and when the approval condition of the approver is satisfied, the approval process of the approval matter is performed while the approval condition is satisfied. If not, the approval operation is waited for by the approver, so that the lead time until all the circulated persons approve can be reduced while circulating the approved matter to all the circulated persons in the original order.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an electronic approval system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic approval system connects a workflow server 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a server 1) as a server computer and clients 2a to 2c as a plurality of client computers to a communication network such as a LAN3. It is configured.
The server 1 and the clients 2a to 2c are computers each including a CPU, a memory, a hard disk device, a LAN interface device, a keyboard, a display device, and the like. The hard disk device stores an operating system (OS) and various application programs. .
The hard disk device 1a of the server 1 includes a workflow server software 10 (hereinafter, referred to as server software 10), a workflow information storage unit 11 that stores workflow information, and an approval matter that stores data of a drafting slip that is an approval matter to be circulated. The storage unit 12, the reservation approval condition table 30, and the like are stored. The workflow information stored in the workflow information storage unit 11 is information for arranging a circulation route such as how to circulate the draft slip to be circulated, and the server software 10 stores the workflow information in the workflow information storage unit 11. And circulates the draft sheet based on.
The server software 10 has an HTTP server function and a workflow management function. The HTTP server function has a function of receiving various requests from the clients 2a to 2c and a function of transmitting a response to the received requests to the clients 2a to 2c. The workflow management function is an approval / circulation control function that circulates a draft form to the next circulation target person when approval / denial is performed by a user using each of the clients 2a to 2c, and is a so-called workflow engine.
[0012]
The server software 10 sequentially circulates the draft sheet registered therein to the approver on the LAN 3. The server software 10 approves the data of the draft form registered in the approval case storage unit 12 as a circulation target by an approver who is a circulation target person on the LAN 3 by, for example, a link from a menu screen (see FIG. 3). The reservation-possible matter list screen (see FIG. 4) is published, and when a desired matter name is selected and operated on the published approval reservation-possible matter list screen, the draft sheet data to be circulated to the approver (see FIG. 4). (See FIG. 5), and prompts the user to perform an operation of making an approval reservation for the data (contents) of the drafting form. Is stored (registered) in the reservation approval condition table 30 (see FIG. 6) as the approval condition data. The operation of making an approval reservation for the data (contents) of the draft form also includes an operation of making an approval reservation after changing the (content) data of the draft form.
In the reservation approval condition table 30, approval conditions such as the case ID, the purpose of use, the amount of the application, and the date and time when the approval reservation was made are set in correspondence with the identification information unique to the approver, that is, the user ID. The case ID is information for uniquely specifying the drafting slip.
[0013]
When the draft is sent to the corresponding approver, the server software 10 reads out the draft data stored in the approved matter storage unit 12 and generates the draft data (use purpose: transportation expenses, application amount: 1200 yen). The reservation approval condition table 30 is compared with the approval conditions (user purpose data (transportation expenses), application amount data (1200 yen)) of the corresponding approver (user ID), and the draft sheet data is approved by the approver. Check whether the conditions are met. Note that the check in this case is to check whether data of each item such as the purpose of use of the drafting slip, the amount of application, and the like and the data of the approval condition match.
Then, as a result of this check, if the data of each item of the drafting slip satisfies the approval condition for which the approver has made a reservation, the server software 10 performs an approval process for the drafting slip. The drafting sheet is circulated to the next approver, while a drafting slip that does not satisfy the approval condition in the reservation approval condition table 30 is awaiting approval operation by the approver.
[0014]
Workflow client software (hereinafter referred to as client software) is installed in the hard disk devices of the clients 2a to 2c. The client software has an HTML display function of displaying HTML data received from the server 1 and a request transmission function of receiving a button click in the HTML data and transmitting a request to the server 1.
In each of the clients 2a to 2c, the client software starts up in accordance with the start-up of the OS, displays a log-in screen for the server 1, and when the user inputs the log-in information, the server software 10 of the server 1 according to the authority of the user is displayed. The function becomes available. The client software may be activated by a user operation.
[0015]
Hereinafter, the operation of the electronic approval system will be described with reference to the communication sequence diagram of FIG. 2 and each screen example after FIG. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a communication operation between the server and the client in the electronic decision system of FIG.
In the electronic approval system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, when a certain approver, for example, approver C starts up the client 2a, the client software starts up together with the OS startup and makes an access request to the server 1. In response to this request, the server 1 transmits a login screen (S102), and the login screen is displayed on the client 2a (S103).
When the approver inputs login information from the displayed login screen, the login information is transmitted to the server 1 (S104).
[0016]
In the server 1, upon receiving the login information, the server software 10 performs an authentication process and returns a screen corresponding to the authentication result (S105). That is, if the authentication result is OK, the menu screen is transmitted, and if the authentication result is NG, the login screen for prompting the input of the login information is transmitted again.
Upon successful authentication, a menu screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the client 2a.
On the menu screen displayed on the client 2a, buttons for an approveable case list and an approval plan case list are displayed, and when the approver selects one of the buttons, the next button linked to each button is displayed. Screen is displayed.
[0017]
Here, for example, when a button of the list of scheduled approval items is selected and operated, the client software transmits a request for displaying a list of scheduled approval items (S106), and in the server 1 receiving this request, the server software 10 The header data in the data of the draft form to be circulated to the approver is read out from the approval case storage unit 12 and transmitted as the approval case list data (S107).
When the client 2a receives the list data of the scheduled approval case, the client 2a displays an approval reservation possible list screen as shown in FIG. On the screen of the approval reservation available list, the data header of the drafting sheet, for example, a case name such as “XXXXXX approval request”, “YYYYYYY approval request”, “ZZZZZZ approval request”, etc. Is displayed.
[0018]
Here, when the approver selects and operates, for example, the case name of “XXXXXX approval request”, the client software of the client 2a requests data of the text of the draft sheet corresponding to the case name (S108). When the server 1 receives the request, the server software 10 transmits the data of the text of the draft sheet (S109).
When the data of the text of the draft is received by the client 2a, it is displayed on the screen of the client 2a as a draft 51 (see FIG. 5) (S110).
As shown in FIG. 5, the drafting slip 51 includes, for example, a data input column 52 in which an item name of purpose of use and data of the item (such as transportation expenses) are input, an item name of the application amount and data of the item (1200). A data input field 53 in which a circle or the like is input and an approval reservation button 54 for confirming (executing) the approval reservation are provided.
Here, the approver of the client 2a checks the content of the displayed draft 51, and selects the approval reservation button 54 when permitting the application content of the draft 51 when circulated as it is (when approving). When operated, the data of the draft sheet 51 displayed on the screen of the client 2a is transmitted to the server 1 through the LAN 3 as the data of the approval condition (S111).
The data input in advance in the data input field 52 for the purpose of use of the drafting slip 51 or the data input field 53 for the amount of application can be changed by the approver by operating the keyboard or the mouse. For example, the data “1200” previously input in the application amount data input field 53 may be changed to “1200 or less”, “1300 or less”, for example.
When the server 1 receives the data of the approval condition transmitted from the client 2a via the LAN 3, the received approval condition data is stored in the column of the corresponding approver in the reservation approval condition table 30. Is set (registered) (S112). In FIG. 6, the user ID and the case ID in the reservation approval condition table 30 are information that is inevitably determined. The data of the purpose of use and the amount of the application may be input by the approver, or by registering it in the server 1 in advance, each column is displayed as a selection item in a down list, and the approver selects the data. Can be done.
As shown in the reservation approval condition table 30 in FIG. 6, for example, for a drafting slip 51 (in this example, case ID: 1042) in which a certain approver has registered an approval reservation, the usage purpose is “transportation expense” and the application amount is “1200”. In the case of a circle or the like, this means that the approval process is automatically executed when the draft 51 is circulated later.
[0019]
Hereinafter, a first operation example of the approval process in the electronic payment system will be described.
In the case of this electronic payment system, drafts are circulated in the order to be approved according to the workflow information stored in the workflow information storage unit 11.
At this time, the approver specified later in the processing order of the workflow, as described above, displays a list of drafts to be circulated later, browses the contents of the draft to be circulated, You can check the contents of the draft sheet. At this time, when the contents of the draft form are returned to the user without being changed, an approval reservation can be made so that the approval processing is automatically executed.
In other words, the approval conditions are registered in the reservation approval condition table 30 for each draft sheet scheduled to be circulated to the approver, and when a draft sheet for which approval reservation has been made is actually circulated to the approver, Then, the server software 10 collates the draft form data with the approval conditions in the reservation approval condition table 30, and performs automatic approval only when the draft form data satisfies the approval conditions.
[0020]
Hereinafter, specific processing of the server software 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the draft form is circulated to the next approver according to the workflow information, the server software 10 determines whether or not the circulation order of the draft form is the order of the approver who has reserved the approval (S201 in FIG. 7).
If the order of circulation of the draft sheet is the order of the approver who made the approval reservation (Yes in S201), the approval condition of the corresponding case ID and user ID is read from the reservation approval condition table 30, and the approval case storage unit 12 The data of the draft sheet is read, and the contents of each are checked (collated) (S202).
As a result of this check (collation), when the data of the draft form satisfies the reserved approval condition (Yes in S203), the server software 10 performs an act of approving the draft form (automatic approval processing). Is executed (S204). The act of performing approval (automatic approval processing) is processing such as adding an approval flag to the data of the draft sheet.
As a result of executing the automatic approval process, when the process is completed normally, the server software 10 circulates the draft sheet to the next approver indicated in the workflow information (S205).
When many drafts are circulated without correction, the time required for approval can be greatly reduced, and the lead time required for a series of approval circulation can be shortened.
[0021]
On the other hand, when the drafting form is modified before the approver who made the reservation itself, that is, during the approval, and the reserved approval condition is not satisfied (No in S203), the server software 10 (S206).
In this case, when the approver performs a browsing operation on the draft awaiting approval, the contents of the draft are displayed on the screen of the client 2a, and the approval operation is performed after confirmation. When this approval operation is performed (Yes in S207), the server software 10 executes approval processing for the draft sheet.
[0022]
For example, in a case where a draft form created by the user of the client 2a is circulated to the users of the client 2b and the client 2c in that order, the user of the client 2c has a list of approval-reservable cases scheduled to be circulated to the user. Is input to the client 2c, the approval condition is input such that if the draft sheet created by the user of the client 2a is approved without change by the user of the client 2b, the approval is performed. Is registered in the reservation approval condition table 30, when the draft form is passed from the user of the client 2 b to the user of the client 2 c without correction, the draft form is automatically processed by the server software 10 as it is. Approval processing is performed and circulated to the next approver. It should be noted that each client 2a, 2b, 2c may be used by a plurality of users instead of one person. The circulation of the drafting sheet is per user, and the above circulation example is merely an example.
[0023]
Hereinafter, a second operation example to a fourth operation example of the electronic approval system will be described. First, a second operation example will be described. This second operation example is an application example in which the processing timing of the reservation in the first operation example is changed.
That is, in the first operation example, after the approval of the approver who is the user of the client 2b ends, when the order of the approver who is the user of the client 2c comes, the reservation approval process starts immediately. In the second operation example, apart from the time information (date and time) at the time when the approval reservation is made, the approval processing is executed in the reservation approval condition table 30 after a certain number of hours after being circulated by itself. Time limit information is stored.
[0024]
In this case, after the user of the client 2c makes an appointment reservation for the drafting sheet, the server software 10 firstly sets the reservation approval condition when the user of the client 2c comes to approve the drafting sheet. The time limit information included in the approval condition of the table 30 is read out. If the time limit information is set to, for example, one hour later, a timer is operated. The data of each item such as the purpose of use and the amount of the bill are collated with the data of the draft sheet, and if the approval condition is satisfied, the automatic approval process is executed. The time may be measured using a clock function of the OS instead of the timer.
[0025]
As described above, the time information from when the drafting form is circulated to the approver until execution of the approval processing is used as one of the approval conditions, so that the client 2c user himself / herself can use the contents of the drafting form as much as possible. When the user wants to confirm and approve operation, he / she can perform the approval operation by himself if he / she can confirm the draft sheet earlier than the preset time. In addition, if the user of the client 2c cannot approve for some reason, the approval process is automatically performed on the drafting sheet under the approval condition reserved after a certain period of time. It is possible to avoid a situation that is delayed more than an hour.
[0026]
Subsequently, a third operation example will be described. The third operation example is an operation example in which the timing (timing) at which the reservation for approval is made for the draft sheet is used as one determination factor.
In the first operation example, the data of the draft sheet at the time of approval reservation is registered as an approval condition, and the data of the draft sheet at the time the draft sheet is circulated is compared with the approval condition to satisfy the approval condition. However, there is no time restriction on the approval condition, and the change history until the draft is turned cannot be known.
[0027]
Therefore, in the third operation example, the draft is circulated, and when the data of each item in the draft is changed, an update history of the draft data is left. Then, when the draft form is actually circulated, the last change date of the draft form data is compared with the date and time when the approval reservation was made (reservation registration date and time). Even if is changed, the update is not regarded as a determination target of the automatic approval, and only the update of the data of the draft sheet after the reservation registration date and time is determined as a determination target of the automatic approval.
[0028]
In other words, the date and time information on which the approval reservation is made registered in the reservation approval condition table 30 is also used as one of the approval conditions.
When the draft form is circulated to the approver after the reservation for approval, the server software 10 reads out the date and time data (reservation date and time) included in the approval condition of the reservation approval condition table 30 and is set to, for example, 20020113. In this case, it is determined whether the last update date is before or after the reservation date and time by referring to the update history data of the draft sheet.
If the result of this determination is that the last update date of the draft sheet data is after the reservation date and time, the server software 10 waits for an approval operation by the approver without performing the automatic approval process.
[0029]
On the other hand, if the last update date of the draft sheet data is earlier than the reservation date and time, the server software 10 then determines the data of each item such as the purpose of use and the billing amount in the approval conditions of the reservation approval condition table 30 and the draft sheet. Is compared with the data of Then, when the data of the draft form satisfies the approval condition, an automatic approval process is executed. Note that these two-stage determination processes may be performed at once.
That is, in determining whether or not automatic approval can be performed on a draft slip circulated after the approval reservation, a confirmation process for confirming that there is no change in the draft slip data after the date and time when the approval reservation registration was performed is added. This clarifies when the automatic approval is valid, and eliminates a mistake in automatically approving the drafting slip.
[0030]
Next, a fourth operation example will be described. This fourth operation example is an application example in which some condition ranges for reservation approval are provided.
In the above-mentioned first operation example, all the items of the drafting slip, that is, the “purpose of use” and the “billing amount” are automatically approved based on AND conditions. However, even when only one of the conditions is satisfied, the approval is performed. To
[0031]
That is, in the case of the fourth operation example, as shown in FIG. 8, in addition to the data input fields 52 and 53 of each item of the draft slip 51 shown in FIG. Check boxes 82 and 83 for designating whether or not to perform the setting are added for each item. As shown in FIG. 9, the reservation approval condition table 31 is provided with new columns 32 and 33 in which information on whether or not confirmation is necessary is set for each item of the approval condition. .
The approver who makes the reservation for approval puts a check mark in at least one of the check boxes 82 and 83 to perform the operation of the approval reservation.
Therefore, at the time of approval reservation, when an operation of approval reservation is performed by putting a check mark in at least one of the check boxes 82 and 83 of the draft form 51 in FIG. For example, information such as “necessary” is registered, and information such as “unnecessary” is registered in the column 33 of the item that is not checked.
[0032]
In other words, when multiple items are specified in the drafting slip, by assigning information on whether or not to set approval conditions for each item, the approval conditions are limited to both the application amount and the purpose of use. The conditions can be relaxed and set, such as only the application amount or only the purpose of use.
In the example of the draft form 51 in FIG. 8, only the check box 83 of the application amount item is checked, so that in the reservation approval condition table 31 of FIG. Is registered, and "unnecessary" is registered in the field 32 of the item of the purpose of use that has not been checked, and when executing the automatic approval process, only the application amount is to be determined as the approval condition. The processing when the draft slip 51 is circulated is only the content of the approval condition registered in the reservation approval condition table 31 of FIG. 9, that is, at least one of the application amount and the purpose of use. This is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 7 described in the first operation example.
[0033]
As described above, according to the electronic approval system of this embodiment, when many approvers set appointment reservations for a draft sheet, the approval of all the target persons can be approved earlier than in the case of approving the draft sheet individually. Obtainable. Further, when many approval conditions are approved without being modified, a greater effect can be obtained.
By executing the reserved approval processing after a lapse of a predetermined time instead of immediately, it is possible to shorten the time required for processing a draft sheet without change while expanding the options of the approver.
By comparing the registration date and time of the approval reservation with the last change date of the drafting form and determining whether or not automatic approval is possible, it is possible to eliminate errors in automatically approving the drafting form.
Approval conditions for drafting sheets are not limited to the case where all data on the drafting sheet have not been changed. By allowing automatic approval even if data on the drafting sheet has been partially changed, the conditions for automatic approval are set. Can be alleviated.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to shorten the lead time until all the circulated persons approve while circulating the approved matter to all the circulated persons in the original order.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of an electronic approval system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing a communication operation between a server and a client in the electronic settlement system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen.
FIG. 4 is a view showing an approval reservation possible case list display screen.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a draft slip.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a reservation approval condition table.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a circulation operation of the electronic approval system.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a draft slip.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a reservation approval condition table.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server, 1a ... Hard disk device, 2a-2c ... Client, 3 ... LAN, 10 ... Server software, 11 ... Workflow information storage part, 12 ... Approval case storage part, 30 ... Reservation approval condition table.

Claims (6)

An approved matter circulating means for sequentially circulating the approved matter to the approver to be circulated to the approver on the network according to the circulating route;
Approved matter information publishing means for publishing information of the approved matter circulated by the approved matter circulating means to the corresponding approver so as to be viewable on the network,
Means for prompting input of approval conditions for an approval matter scheduled to be circulated to the approver in the approval matter published by the approval matter information disclosure means,
An approval condition storage unit for storing the approval condition of the input approval matter for each approver;
When the approval matter is circulated to the approver by the approval matter circulating means, the approval condition of the approver stored in the approval condition storage means is checked, and when the approval condition of the approver is satisfied, the approval An approval system comprising: an approval unit that performs an approval process for an item and waits for an approval operation by an approver for an approval item that does not satisfy the approval condition. 2. The approval system according to claim 1, wherein time information from when the approval matter is circulated to the approver until execution of the approval process is used as one of the approval conditions. 2. The approval system according to claim 1, wherein the date and time information when the approval reservation is made for the approval matter is used as one of the approval conditions. 2. The approval system according to claim 1, wherein an approval condition is provided for each item specified in the approval matter. In an approval program that causes an approval system connected to a network to execute processing,
Said approval system,
An approved matter circulating means for sequentially circulating the approved matter to the approver to be circulated to the approver on the network according to the circulating route;
Approved matter information publishing means for publishing information of the approved matter circulated by the approved matter circulating means to the approver so as to be viewable on the network,
Means for prompting input of approval conditions for an approval matter scheduled to be circulated to the approver in the approval matter published by the approval matter information disclosure means,
Approval condition storage means for storing the approval condition of the input approval matter for each approver;
When the approval matter is circulated to the approver by the approval matter circulating means, the approval condition of the approver stored in the approval condition storage means is checked, and when the approval condition of the approver is satisfied, the approval An approval program for executing an approval process of an item, and for functioning as an approval unit that waits for an approval operation by an approver for an approval item that does not satisfy the approval condition. A step in which the approval system publishes the information on the approval matter to the approver to be circulated so that the approver can view the information on the network;
Prompting the input of approval conditions for the approval matter scheduled to be circulated to the approver in the approval matter published on the network by the approval system,
Storing the input approval conditions of the approval matter in the approval system for each approver;
When the approval matter is circulated to the approver, the approval system checks the approval condition of the approver, and when the approval condition of the approver is satisfied, the approval process of the approval matter is performed. Waiting for an approval operation by an approver for an approval matter that does not satisfy the condition (1).

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