How to implement a multilevel approval workflow in SharePoint 2013

Approval Workflow Introduction

This demo is based on a multilevel approval workflow. In ancient times upload throne as the scene, altogether divides into 3 stages. When the creator upload throne, the first will be the corresponding superior leadership approval, approval through, delivery corresponding to the next level, approval rejection, the entire process end, the specific rank information as follows:

We then pre-set the document library as our Escalation Throne library, so we need to set up a custom multilevel approval workflow for it. Finally, create a custom task to hold the task pending approval.

Create a multilevel Approval workflow

First, we can create multiple approval stage (stages), each with a different process, as follows:

Next, in starting Stage, insert the Set Workflow status (set the workflow state), enter "approve", and then insert the set Workflow Variable (set the workflow) to create a new variable, as follows:

Then, click on the value link of the new variable (approver) to select Define Workflow lookup (define workflow lookup) Function, and in order to get the leader of the current user, set the following values in the pop-up form: