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This approach enhances fairness, adherence to policies, and efficiency in award approvals. ### **Feature activation** This feature is now available as part of an optional paid\* add-on. Please get in touch with your Customer Success Manager or Onboarding Manager, who will provide you with the necessary details and assist you throughout the activation process. --- ### **How to setup an Award for Multi Level approvals** 1. Login to your account with a **company admin** role. 2. Select the **drop-down** menu in the top right corner. 3. Select **Awards**. 4. Click the **Create New Award** button in the top right or click to edit any of your **existing** **awards.** 5. You will be prompted with the following dialog box were you can either **create a new award** or **modify** an existing award. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 7.55.23 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%207.55.23%20PM.png?width=688&height=321&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%207.55.23%20PM.png) 6. Once you click on an award or create a new award, the **settings** dialog box for the award will be displayed. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 8.00.37 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.00.37%20PM.png?width=688&height=752&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.00.37%20PM.png) 7. You will then need to scroll down until you get to the setting **Requires approval**. Click on that setting. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 7.58.08 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%207.58.08%20PM.png?width=688&height=560&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%207.58.08%20PM.png) 8. Once you click on **Requires Approval**, an additional section will appear. You will then need to select **Multi-level approval**. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 8.03.51 PM-1](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.03.51%20PM-1.png?width=688&height=165&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.03.51%20PM-1.png) 9. Select the **number of approval steps** you would like the award to have. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 8.10.59 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.10.59%20PM.png?width=688&height=401&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%208.10.59%20PM.png) 10. You would then type in the instructions you would like to display during the approval process for the award submitter and the award approver(s): ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 9.57.01 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%209.57.01%20PM.png?width=688&height=568&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%209.57.01%20PM.png) 11. Select the **roles** that can distribute the award. ![Screenshot 2023-08-17 at 10.03.45 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%2010.03.45%20PM.png?width=688&height=208&name=Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%2010.03.45%20PM.png) 12. Finalize the award setup by clicking **save**. ### **How do deliver an Award with Multi Level Approvals** \*Before delivering an award that is setup for Multi Level Approvals, please confirm with your Onboarding Manager or Customer Success Manager that the **roles** involved in the approval process have the corresponding **permissions** **enabled**. 1. Head to the "Activity Feed" and start typing in an employee's name into the field that says "**Who do you want to recognize?**" and choose the name of the person you want to recognize. You can choose more than 1 name. 2. Add a description (why you want to recognize them) in the section that says "**What do you want to recognize them for?**" 3. You would then select the **Award** that the user should be receiving with the recognition. In this example "**Employee of the Year**" award. ![Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 7.29.57 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.29.57%20PM.png?width=688&height=183&name=Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.29.57%20PM.png) 4. When you select an Award that requires **Multi Level Approvals**, an additional section of the recognition box will be displayed with instructions and you would type in the name of the user that would need to be **notified** for the **first** **approval**. ![Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 7.35.11 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.35.11%20PM.png?width=688&height=354&name=Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.35.11%20PM.png) 5. You would then click **post**. 6. An **email** **notification** will be sent to the first (and every) **approver** of the award. ![Screenshot 2023-08-23 at 7.40.57 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.40.57%20PM.png?width=300&height=473&name=Screenshot%202023-08-23%20at%207.40.57%20PM.png) 7. The manager would need to head to the platform's **Awards** section in the **Approval Queue** to approve the award and type in who would be the **next** **approver** for the award. ![sean notification](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sean%20notification.png?width=688&height=260&name=sean%20notification.png) ![sean approval](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/sean%20approval.png?width=515&height=334&name=sean%20approval.png) 8. This process would need to be repeated for **every** **approval** **level. **Until the final approval step is reached. ![lauren approval](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lauren%20approval.png?width=511&height=350&name=lauren%20approval.png) 9. After the **final** step is **approved**, the award will be posted to the activity feed and the recipient will receive the award and will be **notified** via email. ![Screen Shot 2023-09-14 at 15.16.41 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.16.41%20PM.png?width=688&height=258&name=Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.16.41%20PM.png) ![Screen Shot 2023-09-14 at 15.20.52 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.20.52%20PM.png?width=233&height=333&name=Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.20.52%20PM.png) **Note**: If an award is **denied** in any step of the approval process, the giver of the award will receive an email notification and the approval process finalized. ![Screen Shot 2023-09-14 at 15.22.02 PM](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.22.02%20PM.png?width=308&height=326&name=Screen%20Shot%202023-09-14%20at%2015.22.02%20PM.png) ### **Multi Level Approvals user journey** ![Alt MLA MVP](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Alt%20MLA%20MVP.jpeg?width=688&height=661&name=Alt%20MLA%20MVP.jpeg)   - [Default HubSpot Blog](https://bucketlistrewards-3480552.hs-sites.com/blog) [![Bucketlist Logo](https://support.bucketlistrewards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bucketlist-full-logo%20(2)-2.png?width=802&height=258&name=bucketlist-full-logo%20(2)-2.png "Bucketlist Logo")](https://bucketlistrewards.com/) We’re on a mission to build the best cultures in the world. 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