Approvals

[Marco Vierling]

Recently there was an announcement that the powerup ‘Approvals for Trello’ will be discontinued.

This is a problem for my company as we absolutely need such an approval process.

The question to Atlassian. Will Trello perhaps get such a function itself?

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting · Accepted solution]

Hi @Marco Vierling 

You can try using this:

Card Approvals by Tiny Power-ups Club 

Alternatively, you can build approval workflows using Trello automation. If you care to share exactly how you use Approvals to Trello, I can provide an automation example.

[Marco Vierling]

Hello, I am open for suggestions how it could work without powerup.

Otherwise we'll have a look at Tiny's and Hipporello's approvals.

Here is an example of what we do with it from our decentralised procurement:

An employee creates a card for an order with a supplier.
The supervisor approves this order with Approvals.
The employee triggers the order.

The whole thing with automatic movement in the Trello lists and with groups of people authorised to approve.

[Mike - Dreamsuite Consulting]

Hi @Marco Vierling 

Your workflow can be done with automation for sure but I notice that this thread shows you are using Trello free and the automation quota is so low on the free package that it would most likely be the stumbling block for you.

Can you confirm if you are using the free or paid version of Trello?

For your example, this can definitely be done with automation and there are many different ways to achieve it...If you're new to Trello automation, you can start here:

https://trello.com/guide/automate-anything

[Marco Vierling]

Hi, no we already use Trello Premium and actually I have already created hundreds of rules, on about 30 boards.

However, I have no idea how to create this process with the existing rule options so that it is acceptable for our controlling.

It must be clear who has to approve.
This can be one person, but it can also be 2 out of 3 predefined persons.

You have to see who has authorised. (An entry in the activities via a changed user field is not sufficient)

It must be simple, as dozens of simple users have to obtain these authorisations.

Maybe there is something else I don't know.

I think the approvals power up from Tiny comes pretty close to the approvals for trello from AppFox. However, we don't like the fact that it charges per user or is very expensive.

[Jessica Welter]

I am looking for something similar. Have you found an answer? 

[Marco Vierling]

Hello Jessica,

I am currently in the process of rebuilding our affected boards.

Our actual solution was to be the Advanced Approvals Power-Up from Hipporello.

However, after the test phase, the power-up no longer worked. Support did not respond for weeks. So that was that. There is also a Service Desk Power-Up from Hipporello, but this is subject to a charge. However, I generally don't want to pay for support.

Due to the situation, we decided to implement it purely with Trello functions.

So I created card buttons:

1st button: Move card to approval list

2nd button: Grant approval

(among other things with the function that a comment is generated "Approval granted")

This comment then comes from the person who approves the card and cannot really be manipulated.

 If you need more detailed information on this, please ask me

[Jessica Welter]

Thank you!