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description: Each classic approval process is organized into groups of actions based on when the actions occur, such as initial submission. To add an automated action to your classic approval process, determine which group of actions to add it to.
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# Groups of Automated Actions in a Classic Approval Process

Each classic approval process is organized into groups of actions based on when the actions occur, such as initial submission. To add an automated action to your classic approval process, determine which group of actions to add it to.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class="" id="approvals_automated_actions_groups__d5552e54"><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Important Try [Flow Approval Processes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_automated_approvals.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As your company grows, so does the complexity of your approvals, often requiring input from multiple people in different departments across different time zones. This complexity can mean that you spend more time waiting for each person to complete their review in the right order. Flow Approval Processes helps you coordinate multistep reviews that involve users, systems, and conditional paths."), a modern alternative to Classic Approval Processes. This new feature provides a more flexible, user-friendly flow-based interface, and it can trigger on record changes, supporting Apex extensibility and detailed logging for compliance and audit trails. It supports dynamic routing based on data and business rules, unlike Classic Approval Processes, which are tied to specific objects and offer limited support for processes by using conditions. With Flow Approval Processes, you can monitor submitted records and quickly identify bottlenecks, giving you unprecedented visibility into approval workflows. And, like Classic Approval Processes, Flow Approval Processes don’t consume automation credits or orchestration runs.

  
| Group | Occurs When... | Default Actions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Initial Submission | A user first submits a record for approval. | Record Lock (locks) |
| Approval Step Approval | All required approvals for this step have been given for a record. | None |
| Approval Step Rejection | An approver rejects this request for this step. | None |
| Final Approval | All required approvals have been given for a record | Record Lock (locks) |
| Final Rejection | An approver rejects the request, and it goes to the final rejection state. | Record Lock (unlocks) |
| Recall | A submitted approval request is recalled. | Record Lock (unlocks) |

#### See Also

- [Considerations for Automated Actions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_automatedactions_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you start working with automated actions, familiarize yourself with relevant limits and special behaviors.")