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Specify a substitute

If you use workflow services, and you are absent from work, you can choose an alternate user to handle documents in workflows that would otherwise be assigned to you. When this setting is empty, nothing happens. When you specify a substitute, the substitute user replaces the current user in all workflows until you change this setting to empty again.

To specify a substitute:

  1. Select your username in the main menu at the top of the page.
  2. In the menu that appears, select My profile.
  3. Use the dialog that appears to specify a substitute.

    When you select a substitute, an icon () appears next to users who have an active substitute. Users with the icon are most likely absent themselves and not good candidates for selection as a substitute.

    Clear the substitute setting when you return to work.