Service Catalog:Manage an approval constraint

Create an approval constraint

1. Log on to the Service Catalog console as the administrator.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Administrator > Portfolio management.
3. On the Portfolio management page, click the name of the product portfolio that includes the product for which you want to create a constraint.
4. Click the Constraints tab, and then click Create constraint.
5. On the Create constraint page, configure the parameters.
   1. Select a product from the Products drop-down list.
   2. In the Constraint description field, enter a description of the constraint.
   3. Set the Constraint type parameter to Approval Constraint.
   4. In the Must create a plan containing section, select the operations to which the approval constraint applies.
      • All operations: An end user must create a plan to launch a product, update an instance of the product, or terminate an instance of the product.
      • Launch: An end user must create a plan to launch a product.
      • Update: An end user must create a plan to update an instance of the product.
      • Terminate: An end user must create a plan to terminate an instance of the product.
   5. In the Approver section, select a RAM user or a RAM role as an approver.
      You can specify one or more approvers. A plan requires approval from at least one of the specified approvers.
6. Click Confirm.

Review a plan

If an end user wants to manage a product for which an approval constraint is created, the user must create a plan and get approval on the plan. This section describes the steps for an approver to review a plan.

1. Log on to the Service Catalog console as an approver.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Plans.
3. On the Received Requests tab, find the plan and click Approve or Reject in the Operation column.

View all plan review records

If an administrator has the management permissions on Service Catalog and Resource Directory, and a product portfolio is shared with the organizations or members in a resource directory, the administrator can view records of plan reviews by the current account and the records of plan reviews by the member accounts of the resource directory. For more information about product portfolio sharing, see Share or unshare the configurations of a product portfolio.

1. Log on to the Service Catalog console as the administrator.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Plans.
3. On the All Approvals tab, view all review records.
   You can select All accounts or current account in the upper-right corner of the plan approval list to query plan review records. You can also specify a filter in the upper left corner of the plan approval list to query corresponding review records.