Tips and Tricks : Approving Approval Process in Test Class

Snippet of test class that replicate how to approve record in Approval Process.d

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//Step 1: let say you a test data that you want to be approved MyCustomObject__c bid=[select Id from MyCustomObject__c Where Name=:strName]; //Step 2: Create an approval request for the bid Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest req = new Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest(); req.setComments('Submitting request for approval via form'); req.setObjectId(bid.Id); //Step 3: Submit on behalf of a specific submitter req.setSubmitterId(UserInfo.getUserId()); //Step 4: Submit the record to specific process and skip the criteria evaluation req.setProcessDefinitionNameOrId('Qualification_Approval'); req.setSkipEntryCriteria(true); //Step 5: Submit the approval request for the bid Approval.ProcessResult result = Approval.process(req); //Step 6: Instantiate the new ProcessWorkitemRequest object and populate it Approval.ProcessWorkitemRequest req = new Approval.ProcessWorkitemRequest(); req.setComments('Approving request.'); req.setAction('Approve'); //Step 7 : To check the next process after approval being submitted/approved etc.(basically next stage) ProcessInstanceWorkitem pItem = [Select Id from ProcessInstanceWorkitem where ProcessInstance.TargetObjectId =: bid.id]; // Use the ID from the newly created item to specify the item to be worked req.setWorkitemId(pItem.Id); //Step 8 : result of process Approval.ProcessResult result = Approval.process(req);

Let try to breakout the API one by one

All of above are using Approval API.

• Approval.ProcessSubmitRequest  API
• Approval.ProcessWorkItemRequest API