# Approval Route

> [HTML Version](table-approval-route-element.html)

**(approval-route-02.PNG)** This activity allows launching a [table-based approval route](table-approval-routes.md) configured by an employee for a specific app item.

There are two ways a user can set up an approval route, depending on how the administrator configured the initial setup:

- While creating or editing the app item.

- On a task form during a business process.

The **Approval Route** activity described in this article is used to assign tasks to employees according to the user-defined approval stages. 

For details on all initial setup stages, see [Initial setup for working with table-based approval routes](table-approval-routes-settings.md).

## Configure the Approval Route activity

Place the activity in any swimlane of the process flow chart. Double-click it to open the settings window. Configuration is performed on the following tabs: **General**, **Form**, **Connectors**, **Error Handling**,** Start Process**,** **and **Description**:

1. On the **General** tab, fill in the fields:

**(approval-route-01.PNG)**

- Specify the name of the activity on the process flow chart.

- Set the name for the approval task that approvers specified in the route will receive.

- In the **Item to send for approval\* **field, select the app whose item will be sent for approval.

- Enable the **Notification** **to the activity stream **option to post a message to the #activity stream of the app item when the process reaches the block and table-based approval begins.

2. Configure the settings on the **Form**, **Connectors**, **Error Handling**,** Start Process**, and **Description **tabs similarly to the configuration in the standard [Approval](360010366380.md) activity.

3. Publish the completed process.