Method based on form fields for arranging examination and approval roles at workflow examination and approval nodes

A method for setting approval roles at workflow approval nodes based on form fields, comprising a step of setting a system organization structure and a step of setting an approval role according to a department level:

• wherein the step of setting the system organization structure comprises the following sub-steps:
• SS1:
• creating departments and roles included in the system organization structure;
• and
• SS2:
• setting a hierarchical relationship among the departments, and setting a department supervisor role in each department;
• the step of setting the approval role according to the department level comprises:
• SSS1:
• selecting a level-based method for setting an approval role;
• SSS2:
• selecting one of a role attribute field, a department attribute field, or a submission role of an approval process in a form corresponding to the approval process as a level subject;
• and
• SSS3:
• filling in a specific level value n, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 0:
• (1) selecting the role attribute field in the form corresponding to the approval process as the level subject, and determining a level by using a role corresponding to the field as a judgment criterion:
• {circle around (1)} when n=0, the role corresponding to the field serves as an approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (2)} when n=1, a department supervisor role in a department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• and if the role corresponding to the field is the department supervisor role in the department to which it belongs, a department supervisor role in a department that is one level higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (3)} when n=2, the department supervisor role in the department that is one level higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (4)} when n=3, a department supervisor role in a department that is two levels higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (5)} when n=4, a department supervisor role in a department that is three levels higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (6)} the rest is done by that analogy;
• {circle around (7)} when setting of the department level exceeds a top-level department in the system organization structure, a department supervisor role in the top-level department serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• and
• {circle around (8)} when n>1, it is necessary to set that the approval node is approved by a specified group when “the role corresponding to the field is the department supervisor role in the department to which it belongs and there is no higher level department over the department”;
• (2) selecting the department attribute field in the form corresponding to the approval process as the level subject, and determining a level by using a department corresponding to the field as a judgment criterion:
• {circle around (1)} when n=0, a department supervisor role in the department corresponding to the field serves as an approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (2)} when n=1, a department supervisor role in a department that is one level higher than the department corresponding to the field serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (3)} when n=2, a department supervisor role in a department that is two levels higher than the department corresponding to the field serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (4)} when n=3, a department supervisor role in a department that is three levels higher than the department corresponding to the field serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (5)} the rest is done by that analogy;
• {circle around (6)} when setting of the department level exceeds a top-level department in the system organization structure, a department supervisor role in the top-level department serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• and
• {circle around (7)} when n≥1, it is necessary to set that the approval node is approved by a specified group when “there is no higher level department over the department corresponding to the field”;
• (3) selecting the submission role of the approval process as the level subject, and determining a level by using the submission role as a judgment criterion:
• {circle around (1)} when n=0, the submission role of the workflow approval process serves as an approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (2)} when n=1, a department supervisor role in a department to which the submission role of the workflow approval process belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• and if the submission role is the department supervisor role in the department to which it belongs, a department supervisor role in a department that is one level higher than the department to which the submission role belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (3)} when n=2, the department supervisor role in the department that is one level higher than the department to which the submission role of the workflow approval process belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (4)} when n=3, a department supervisor role in a department that is two levels higher than the department to which the submission role of the workflow approval process belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (5)} when n=4, a department supervisor role in a department that is three levels higher than the department to which the submission role of the workflow approval process belongs serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• {circle around (6)} the rest is done by that analogy;
• {circle around (7)} when setting of the department level exceeds a top-level department in the system organization structure, a department supervisor role in the top-level department serves as the approval role of the approval node;
• and
• {circle around (8)} when n≥1, it is necessary to set that the approval node is approved by a specified group when “the submission role is the department supervisor role in the department to which it belongs and there is no higher level department over the department”;
• the approval by the specified group comprises one of the following three cases:
• (1) the specified group is composed of one or more approval roles;
• (2) the specified group is determined according to the department level, during selection of the level subject, only the level subject selected for the approval node can be used continuously, and the level value n can only be set to 0;
• and
• (3) the specified group is determined according to the department level, the level subject can be selected independently, the specified group comprises one or more specified nodes, and when the level value n of the specified node is not 0, a next-level specified node needs to be set, until the level value n of the specified node is 0, thereby completing the setting of the specified group of the approval node.

A method for setting an approval role at a workflow approval node based on form fields in a management computer system, comprising setting a system organizational structure and setting an approval role according to a department level:

• wherein setting the system organizational structure comprising:
• creating one or more departments and one or more roles in the system;
• and
• setting a hierarchical relationship among the one or more departments, and setting a department supervisor role in each of the one or more departments;
• and
• setting the approval role according to the department level comprising:
• determining one of a role attribute field, a department attribute field, or a submission role of an approval process comprised in a form corresponding to the approval process as a level subject;
• and
• (1) wherein when determining the role attribute field in the form corresponding to the approval process as the level subject, the approval role is configured as follows:
• a role corresponding to the field comprised in the form is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or
• a department supervisor role in a department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or when the role corresponding to the field is the department supervisor role, a department supervisor role in a department that is one level higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or
• the department supervisor role in the department that is m-1 level higher than the department to which the role corresponding to the field belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node, wherein m is equal to or larger than 2;
• (2) wherein when determining the department attribute field in the form corresponding to the approval process as the level subject, the approval role is configured as follows:
• a department supervisor role in a department corresponding to the field in the form is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or
• a department supervisor role in a department that is n level higher than the department is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node, wherein n is equal to or larger than 1;
• (3) wherein when determining the submission role of the approval process as the level subject, the approval role is configured as follows:
• the submission role of the approval process is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or
• a department supervisor role in a department to which the submission role belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or when the submission role is the department supervisor role in the department to which it belongs, a department supervisor role in a department that is one level higher than the department to which the submission role belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• or
• the department supervisor role in the department that is o-1 level higher than the department to which the submission role of the workflow approval process belongs is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node, wherein o is equal to or larger than 2;
• and
• wherein when a level of the department of the determined approval role exceeds a top-level department in the system organizational structure, the department supervisor role in the top-level department is configured to serve as the approval role of the approval node;
• wherein a role is an independent object in the management computer system which is not a group or class, the role is configured to be related to a unique user only during a same period, and the user is configured to be related to the one role or more roles, the user is configured to obtain an approval permission through its relation to the one role or more roles.