ApproveThis manages your Stacker Integration approvals.

Why Your Spreadsheet-Loving Team Needs This Combo

Let's cut through the corporate jargon: approvals suck. They're the traffic jam in your workflow highway, the "waiting on Frank" email chain that never dies. Stacker gives you the app-building power of a dev team without the code, but when it comes to actual decision-making? That's where 87% of teams still get stuck in email purgatory.

ApproveThis acts like the bouncer at your data club. Every time Stacker creates a new client onboarding checklist, inventory order, or contract draft, we make sure the right people actually decide on it. Not next week. Not after three reminder emails. Now.

No-Code Meets No-BS Approvals

Stacker's great at building custom apps that feel like spreadsheets on steroids. But here's the rub: spreadsheets don't chase down VPs for signatures. That's where our Zapier integration turns your pretty Stacker interface into an actual decision engine.

Real Shit That Actually Works:

Marketing Teams: That new campaign brief in Stacker? Auto-send to legal for compliance checks the second the draft's ready. Legal approves in ApproveThis? Stacker auto-publishes to your project board. No status meetings required.

Procurement Squads: Vendor submits quote via Stacker form? ApproveThis routes it based on dollar thresholds. Under $5K? Auto-approve. Over? Escalate to CFO without manual sorting. Yes, even when the CFO's skiing in Aspen (vacation delegation's got you covered).

Three Ways This Combo Saves Your Sanity

1. From Stacker Record to Decision in 60 Seconds

New client intake form in Stacker? Zapier triggers ApproveThis to:

• Check credit terms against calculated fields
• Route to sales lead + accounting simultaneously
• Auto-approve if under $50K with clean payment history

Real impact: Manufacturing companies using this combo cut new vendor onboarding from 11 days to 8 hours. No exaggeration.

2. Approval Decisions That Actually Update Your Stacker Apps

When your CMO approves the Q4 budget in ApproveThis (probably from their phone, let's be real):

• Stacker automatically unlocks the "Approved Budgets" view
• Project managers get edit access in Stacker
• Denied requests get archived with rejection reasons logged

Why it matters: Stops the "Wait, is this approved?" Slack floods. Finance teams at mid-market firms report 23% fewer month-end fire drills using this two-way sync.

3. One-Click Approvals Inside Stacker Itself

Sales ops clicks "Submit for Discount Approval" in Stacker:

• ApproveThis pings regional manager + VP Sales
• Auto-calculates margin impact using live CRM data
• Approval updates Stacker deal record AND Salesforce

Cold hard numbers: Teams using this workflow close enterprise deals 14% faster. Because waiting on approvals is literally costing you deals.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Connect Stacker and ApproveThis in Zapier in 4 steps even your non-techy PM can handle:

1. Pick your Stacker trigger (new record, button click, etc.)
2. Map fields to ApproveThis' request form
3. Set approval rules (thresholds, groups, etc.)
4. Choose what happens in Stacker post-approval

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-route Stacker requests. Example: If Stacker's "Project Risk" score >75%, require C-suite approval regardless of amount.

Department-Specific Wins

HR Teams

Stacker app for equipment requests + ApproveThis logic:

• Laptops under $1.5K? IT auto-approves
• Specialized gear? Route to department head
• Approvals sync back to Stacker inventory tracker

HRBP at a 300-person tech firm: "Cut equipment onboarding from 2 weeks to 48 hours. New hires stop complaining about ancient monitors."

Operations Teams

Maintenance requests in Stacker trigger:

• Urgency-based routing (critical vs. routine)
• Auto-approve repeat vendors under contract
• Denied requests auto-email requesters with reasons

Facilities manager: "Stopped 12+ weekly 'Did you get my ticket?' calls. Vendors know faster than we do."

The Silent Killer Feature Nobody Talks About

ApproveThis approvers don't need Stacker licenses. Client needs to sign off on that Stacker-built project plan? Add them as external approvers. They click an email link, approve/deny, done. No $50/user/month Stacker seat required.

Actual use case: Consulting firm sends client deliverables built in Stacker for approval. Clients review and sign off without getting added to 17 different SaaS tools. Legal loves it. Accounting loves it more.

When to Call BS on This Integration

This isn't magic fairy dust. If your approval process is fundamentally broken (looking at you, 14-step PO approvals), fix that first. But for companies where:

• Decisions get stuck between departments
• External clients/vendors need to approve stuff
• You're using Stacker as a "good enough" workflow tool

...this combo turns your pretty Stacker apps into actual workflow engines. No more herding cats for approvals.

How to Not Screw This Up

Common pitfalls (we've seen 'em all):

• Don't: Auto-approve everything under $10K without fraud checks
• Do: Use ApproveThis' audit trails for SOX compliance
• Don't: Let managers approve their own Stacker requests
• Do: Set up approval groups for cross-functional reviews

Basically, don't be the company that automates bad processes. Fix the stupid, then scale the smart.

Bottom Line for Grown-Ups

If your team lives in Stacker but dies in approval delays, this integration is your defibrillator. It's not about flashy features—it's about eliminating the 37% of workweek wasted chasing decisions (yes, that's a real stat).

Either keep doing approvals the "we've always done it this way" style, or get ApproveThis, connect it to Stacker via Zapier, and actually ship work faster. Your call.