Programmatically Approving a request via API

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Which IIQ version are you inquiring about?

Version 8.1

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I am trying to iterate ApprovalItems and programmatically approve certain ones.
the test code below seems to update but not approve. the approval still shows up in the ui.

public void findAllApprovalWorkitems() throws Exception {
        QueryOptions qo = null;
        try {
            this.context = this.getContext();
            qo = new QueryOptions();
            Filter filter = Filter.eq("type", "Approval");
            qo.addFilter(filter);
            Iterator it = context.search(WorkItem.class, qo);
            if (it == null) {
                System.out.println("ERROR:No Records");
                return;
            }
            while (it.hasNext()) {
                Object obj = it.next();
                WorkItem wi = (WorkItem) obj;
                String scheme = (String) wi.getAttribute("approvalScheme");
                System.out.println("scheme:" + scheme);
                ApprovalSet approvals = wi.getApprovalSet();

                List<ApprovalItem> approvalItems = approvals.getItems();
                for (ApprovalItem ai : approvalItems) {
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.getAccountDisplayName());
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.getApplicationName());
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.getAssignmentId());
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.getApprover());
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.getAttributes());
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.isApproved());
                    ai.approve();
                    System.out.println("Approver:" + ai.isApproved());
                }
                wi.setApprovalSet(approvals);
                context.saveObject(wi);
                context.commitTransaction();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("ERROR:" + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
            throw e;
        }

    }

not sure if this is getting formatted :frowning:
Thanks in advance

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Hi @vmasih ,

You need to set the WorkItem to finish. Add the following line just before context.saveObject(wi); :

wi.setState(WorkItem.State.Finished);

– Remold

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Hi Remold,

Added that line and it’s still sitting in the UI waiting for approval.

Thanks for the assist!!

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Did you run the ‘Perform Maintenance’-task to process the approval?

— Remold

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Yep just tried that. it’s still waiting for approval.

the ApprovalWorkItemService manages to do it but it seems to do a lot more than what I am trying especially the completion part

Thanks again.

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Can you test with the following statement added after the commitTransaction:

wi.getHandlerInstance().handleWorkItem(context, wi, true);

Javadoc WorkItemHandler:

handleWorkItem(SailPointContext con, WorkItem item, boolean foreground)
Called by the system after a modification to the work item has been stored.

– Remold

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Yep that did it!!!

excellent, thanks for all you help!!! on a sunday!!

Vishal

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