ProcessInstanceStep

Represents one work item in an approval process (ProcessInstance).

Exceptions apply to approval history data retrieved with this object and available only via the SOAP API. For each approval process instance that was pending when Summer ’14 became available for your organization, some field values are never populated or are populated only after the approval process instance is next acted upon—such as when a user approves, rejects, or reassigns an approval request—after the Summer ’14 rollout.

Note

ProcessInstanceStep fields are never populated for approval process instances that were completed before the Summer ’14 rollout. For approval process instances that were pending during the Summer ’14 rollout, all ProcessInstanceStep fields are populated only after the approval process instance is next acted upon after the Summer ’14 rollout.

Supported Calls

describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve()

Special Access Rules

Only portal and communities users with the Customer Community Plus and Partner Community licenses can access this object.

Fields

Field	Details
ActorId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the user who is currently assigned to this approval step.
Comments	Type string Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description Limit: 4,000 bytes.
ElapsedTimeInDays	Type double Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The total time in days since this step was started.
ElapsedTimeInHours	Type double Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The total time in hours since this step was started.
ElapsedTimeInMinutes	Type double Properties Filter, Nillable, Sort Description The total time in minutes since this step was started.
OriginalActorId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the user who was originally assigned to this approval step.
ProcessInstanceId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description ID of the ProcessInstance that this approval step belongs to.
StepNodeId	Type reference Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort Description ID of the node currently assigned to this approval step.
StepStatus	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The current status of this approval step. Approved Fault Held NoResponse Pending Reassigned Rejected Removed Started If the approval step requires unanimous approval and one approver rejects the request, the value of this field for the other approvers changes to NoResponse. Likewise, if approval is based on the first response and an approver responds, the value of this field for the other approvers changes to NoResponse.

Usage

Query or retrieve a new step in an approval process (ProcessInstance).

Object Reference for Salesforce and Force.com

ProcessInstanceStep

Supported Calls

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