In which two ways do parent/child relationships between approval unit hierarchy members affect the review process?
Correct Answer: A,D
In Oracle Planning 2024, the approval process uses an approval unit hierarchy where parent and child relationships influence the review workflow. The two ways these relationships affect the process are:
A . When the status of all children changes to one status (for example, Signed Off), the parent status changes to the same status: Correct. In a bottom-up approval process, when all child approval units reach a uniform status (e.g., Signed Off, Approved), the parent's status automatically updates to match, reflecting the completion of the children's review.
B . When you approve a parent, its children are Signed Off: Incorrect. Approving a parent does not automatically sign off its children; the workflow typically moves bottom-up, requiring children to be approved first.
C . After all children are promoted to the same owner, the parent status is changed to Signed Off: Incorrect. Promotion to an owner changes ownership, not necessarily status (e.g., Signed Off). Status changes are driven by approval actions, not just ownership.
D . After all children are promoted to the same owner, the parent is promoted to the owner: Correct. In the approval hierarchy, once all child units are promoted to a new owner (e.g., for review), the parent unit is also promoted to that owner, ensuring the hierarchy progresses together.
The Oracle documentation confirms that A (status aggregation) and D (owner promotion) are key behaviors of parent/child relationships in the approval process, making them the correct answers.
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Approval Unit Hierarchies" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-25).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Managing Approvals" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-20, updated for 2024).