sepost 2008-10-09T13:38:16Z Hey sshar, Do you have a work around for this issue? sepost 2008-10-01T11:17:58Z sshar!! Oh my! I hadn't realized the extend of this issue until you said "if an alert was scheduled and a field update in an approval process makes the alert no longer valid, the alert will not be removed"!! That would explain a few issues we've been having, what I thought were anomalies. SFDC, if you're out there, we need Approval Process and Workflow rules to recognize each other, and work in harmony! sshar 2008-09-15T14:34:35Z We noticed that Approval field updates do not revalidate scheduled time-based alerts. Meaning, if an alert was scheduled and a field update in an approval process makes the alert no longer valid, the alert will not be removed. Basically boils down to the same issue - Approval field update does not trigger workflow or revalidate the scheduled timebased actions. I think this is a major flaw in the SFDC Approvals functionality. sepost 2008-09-03T15:05:48Z jenmullins - Thanks for your helpful tip. I do have a field and formula for expiration just like yours - I assign this date during the approval process. As that expiration data approaches, I need to trigger emails to my partners reminding them that their deal is expiring, etc. To do this I need to use a time-based workflow, which is not available within the approval process. As we all are aware, approval processes do not trigger workflow rules. <sigh> jenmullins 2008-08-31T07:03:52Z sepost - I have a deal expiration date field that is set when the deal is approved that is TODAY () + 180 days... does this help? sepost 2008-08-29T10:39:37Z supattna - I am having the same issues as you! I believe it's because workflow cannot trigger additional workflow. I need to expire opportunity registrations 6 months after they are approved, but since the approval process does not trigger time-based workflow, I'm left with less than satisfactory solutions. (i.e. I could trigger the time-based workflow off the create day, but what about opportunity registrations that are disapproved?) supattna 2008-07-25T02:07:09Z I really want a work around for this. I tried passing the value of status field (which is updated by approval processs) to a formula field and tried using the formula filed in criteria for time dependant workflow, but it is also not working. The workflow is not getting fired. supattna 2008-07-25T02:04:58Z I had a status field(picklist Type) which gets updated by an approval process. I wanted to write a time dependant workflow action based on the value of status field but my workflow is not getting fired :-( The neither email alert nor immediate actions is firing by time dependant actions on this status filed which is updated by approval process. davser 2008-05-20T04:10:48Z I've just finished writing an APEX trigger to get around issues with the approval process and its lack of adaptability. This could have been achieved with workflows very simply. I feel that I've used a sledgehammer to crack a nut! jenmullins 2008-05-14T05:29:35Z Rajaram: However, you are very limited in the email that you can send. For instance, if I want to send alerts for only a certain amount and above AND the deal has to be approved before it goes out, there is no way to add additional criteria to the email (or any other action) sent through the approval process. It is all or nothing. If I write a workflow rule, it won't be triggered because the approval status field is updated via the approval workflow. Rajaram 2008-05-13T12:16:53Z If you want to send out email alerts or any existing workflow actions at the end of an approval process, you can just add those actions in the final approval actions. mark2008 2008-03-28T08:55:48Z Lack of the functionality requested was a factor in our abandonment of approval process.