Approval Sequences in Resource Centric Access Requests were designed to streamline the approval flow and questions, leveraging one or more conditions.

When we decided to eliminate the dependencies on Configuration lists, Teams, and other manual features within Request Types, Approval Sequences were born.  Creating common Approval Sequences reduces the overall number of request flows and allows faster scalability. 

• Resource Centric Access Requests

To create a new Access Certification:

1. Log in to Okta as an Administrator with the Access Certification role or Super Admin.

2. Click any application to create a Resource Centric Access Request Condition.

3. Click the Access requests tab.

4. Click Create condition. 

5. Create any condition or simply click the Select sequence button under the Approval sequence section. 

6. Within the next screen, click the New Sequence plus sign button.

7. Configure the sequence with the appropriate questions and approvals, and save.

8. Configure any common Approval Sequences that might be used by other conditions. 

Common reusable Approval Sequences to consider:

• Manager Approval  with Justification

• Manager + IT Approval with Justification

• IT + Security Approval with multiple questions

• Group Approval with questions

• Group Owner Approval with questions

Conclusion

Creating reusable sequences is really simple to create and leverage with Resource Centric Access Request Conditions with Okta.  

Related References

Training:

• Improve Your Security Posture with Okta Identity Governance (OIG)

Okta has put together other resources below that can help becoming familiar with Okta Identity Governance:

• Okta shares two videos about Access Certification campaigns and Access Request in this article: Okta Identity Governance

• Corporate blog: Okta Identity Governance: A Unified IAM and Governance Solution.

Learn about the new capabilities available, Access Requests, Access Certifications, and more in this FAQ: Identity Governance FAQs.