Route Status tells you where the document is in the routing process. The Route Status appears in the Route Log tab and also in the document header.
In the Document Id tab of Route Log, the status is displayed in a field labeled Route Status
In the Document Header, the status is displayed in a field labeled Status
The following table summarizes the meaning of the various document route statuses in the KEW:
Table 49 Kuali Enterprise Workflow Document Route Status Definition
Status |
Description |
Approved |
The document is approved. The document is now a valid business transaction in accordance with institutional needs and policies. |
Canceled |
The document is denoted as void and should be disregarded. |
Committed |
The document has been committed to the database. See note below. |
Disapproved |
The document is disapproved by an approver as a valid research administration transaction. |
Enroute |
The document has pending approval requests. |
Exception |
The document has been routed to an exception queue because workflow has encountered a system error when trying to process a rule. |
Final |
The document has been routed and has no pending approval or acknowledgement requests. Documents in Final status are considered approved. |
Initiated |
The document is created. |
Processed |
The document has no pending approval requests but still has one or more pending acknowledgement requests. Processed documents are considered approved. |
Saved |
The document has been started but not completed or routed yet. The Save action allows the initiator of a document to save their work and close the document. The document may be retrieved from the initiator’s action list for completion and routing at a later time. |
You do not normally see the ‘COMMITTED’ status. The only time it might show is when there is a system error or performance issue. |