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Panel Field Descriptions

Action

Display only. Your selected action displays.

Current status

Display only. The current status of the Move Request displays.

Move Req

Display only. Your Move Request number displays.

Description

Display only. The description of the Move Request displays.

Next Move Date

Display only. Format: system date.

The scheduled date for the next move displays.

Final Move Date

Display only. Format: system date.

The scheduled date for the final move level displays.

Move type

Display only. The Move Processing Cycle for this Move Request displays.

Early Stop

Display only. If an Early stop level was defined for this Move Request it is displayed here; otherwise, this field be blank. An Early stop level causes a Move Request to end short of what would normally be its final destination.

Approvals required for

Display only. Indicates the level for the Approvals. This is the 1 to 4-character short name for the level. It is appended with -Bkot for Back Out approvals.

This field also contains 20 columns, one for each potential Approval category. A Y displays in each Approval category that is required for this Move Request. Blanks display in Approval categories that are not required.

Current status

Display only. This field also contains 20 columns, one for each potential Approval category.

Y

Approval has already been given for the Move Request in the Approval category.

D

Disapproval has been given for the Move Request in the Approval category.

Blanks display in Approval categories that are not required, have not been addressed, or have been explicitly disapproved.

Enter "Y", "N", or "D" for category

Optional. Length: 20. Type: alphanumeric.

This field also contains 20 columns, one for each potential Approval category.

Enter one of the following:

Y

In the column corresponding to any Approval category that you want to grant.

N

In the column corresponding to any Approval category you want to unapprove. This is used when the Approval category has already been approved or disapproved and you want to set it to an unapproved status. If you enter an N in the column corresponding to an Approval category that is already unapproved, no change takes place.

D

In the column corresponding to any category you want to disapprove. After an Approval category has been disapproved, only the user who disapproved the category or a Systems Administrator can approve or unapprove the category.

You can update several categories at one time.

CA-PanAPT accepts updates only to the Approval categories for which you are

authorized.

Comments

Optional, but might be required at your site. See your CA-PanAPT Systems Administrator.

Length: 6 lines of 70 characters. Type: alphanumeric.

If D was entered in the column corresponding to any Approval category you want to revoke and the Disapproval Comments Required field on the Control File is set to Y, you must enter a comment explaining why you are disapproving this Move Request. Otherwise, the comment is optional.

If a Y was entered in the column corresponding to any Approval category you want to approve and the Approval Comments Required field on the Control File is set to Y, you must enter a comment explaining why you are approving this Move Request. Otherwise, the comment is optional.

If an N was entered in any column corresponding to any Approval category, the comment is not accepted and any previously entered comment for that category is deleted.

If no value was entered in any column corresponding to any Approval category, the comment is not accepted.

If you are approving or disapproving more than one category at a time, the same comment is captured for all categories. One comment is kept for each category for the most recent approval or disapproval.

These comments remain on the file until the Move Request is purged from the Pending file or until you change the Move Request in a way that revokes all approvals or disapprovals.

If comments are required, you must enter data on the first line.