Submitting a Contract for Approval and Tracking It | Zoho Contracts

Submitting for Approval and Tracking

Submit a Contract for Approval

  1. Select the Contracts tab at the top of the page. 
  2. Click to open the contract in the Draft Complete state that you want to submit for approval.
  3. Click Submit for Approval at the top of the page. 
Notes

Note: 

  • The approvers will receive email and in-app notifications about the approval request.
  • Only the contract owner can submit a contract for approval.

View Approval Workflow

  1. Select the Contracts tab at the top of the page. 
  2. Click to open the contract you want to view the approval workflow of.
  3. Select the Approval tab in the contract details panel on the left.
  4. Click View next to the Approval Workflow. 


Edit Approval Reminder Settings 

InfoFeature Availability: Professional and Premium plans.

The Reminder Settings section of the Approval tab displays the reminders that will be sent to the approvers of the contract. These reminders are prefilled from the reminder settings configured for your organization, and can be edited for each contract.

  1. Select the Contracts tab at the top of the page.

  2. Click to open the contract whose approval reminders you want to edit.

  3. Select the Approval tab in the contract details panel on the left.

  4. Click Edit next to Reminder Settings.

  5. Choose when the first reminder must be sent to the approvers after the request is submitted from the Send First Reminder dropdown in the Reminder Settings pop-up. If Custom is chosen, enter the required interval in the field that appears and choose either Days or Weeks.

  6. Choose how often the reminder must be repeated until the request is approved or rejected from the Repeat Reminders dropdown. If Custom is chosen, enter the required interval in the Repeat Every field and choose either Days or Weeks.

  7. Click Save.

NotesNote: If Weeks is chosen in the Repeat Every field, select the day of the week on which the reminder must be sent. For an interval of more than one week, select both the week number (first, second, and so on) and the day of the week on which the reminder must be sent.

Recall an Approval 

  1. Select the Contracts tab at the top of the page. 
  2. Click to open the contract in the Approval Pending state that you want to recall.
  3. Click Recall Approval at the top of the contract details page. 
Notes

Note:

  • The approvers will receive email and in-app notifications about the request recall.
  • Only the contract owner can recall an approval request. 

View Approval Activity

  1. Select the Contracts tab at the top of the page. 
  2. Click to open the contract you want to view approval activity for.
  3. Select the Approval tab in the contract details panel on the left, then view the Activity section. 



The table below explains the status icons in the Activity tab.

Icon
Represents
Tooltip*

Email notification received
Displays the time when the approver received the email notification.

Yet to view the email notification
-

Email notification viewed
Displays the time when the approver viewed the email notification.

Yet to submit the negotiation review 
-

Contract approved
Displays the time when the approver approved the contract. 

Contract rejected
Displays the time when the approver rejected the contract document. 
Info
Hovering the mouse pointer over the icon will display the tooltip information.