Greetings, I am trying to build an ASP web-based purchase order application for use on my company's Intranet site. I am playing with a sample code from "Instant ASP Scripts" by "Greg Buczek". The person will fill the request order Form on-line. Once the Form is submitted, an e-mail with a URL will be sent to the cost center manager for approval. The cost center manager will click on the URL and either approve or disapprove the purchase request. The problem I am having is that if an item costs more than $10,000 it will require 3 cost center managers to approve the purchase. The reason for that is that cost manager level III can only approve up to $2,000 and cost manager level II can approve from $2,001 to $5,000 and cost manager level I can approve from $5,001 to $10,000. The challenge is that for an item that costs $10,000 it must have the approval of all three managers. I need help with the logic on how to approach this problem. Any code samples will be appreciated. Thanks.
Could you set it up as a series of approvals? Perhaps email the purchase request to the Level III manager, if approved by him/her, then email to Level II, if not then trash it. etc, etc, through Level I manager. However, I think using email would be a bad idea. Personally, I hate opening my inbox and finding tons of messages. Half the time I don't even look at all of them. Do you have Snitz Forum? Just for the coding samples, you might take a look at the Links Manager MOD. Its set up with a feature where users submit links and the admin can either accept the link or reject it. That might be better for you.
A series of good old "If" statements whilst perhaps not the most perfect solution would probably suffice ie
If PurchaseOrder > 10000 Then ' Generate email to Manager Level I ' Generate email to Manager Level II ' Generate email to Manager Level III ELSE If PurchaseOrder <= 2000 THEN ' Generate email to Manager Level III ELSE IF PurchaseOrder <= 5000 THEN ' Generate email to Manager Level II ELSE ' Generate email to Manager Level I ENDIF ENDIF ENDIF
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Posted - 27 April 2001 : 22:28:18
