Step Types

While creating an approval path you can choose steps:

• User step
• Group step
• External User step
• Issue Field - User
• Issue Field - Group
• Issue field - Email
• Webhook step
• Parallel group

Action types

In every step you can choose action types:

• Approval,

• Notification,

• Consent.

Depending on the step type - the user/group will have the option to:

Approval - approve or reject,

Consent - consent or reject,

Notification - user/group members will be notified about current progress

Difference between approval and consent here: FAQ