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Questmate Integration

ApproveThis manages your Questmate Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Productivity

Why Your Team Needs This Integration

Let's cut to the chase: approvals suck. They're the traffic jam in your workflow highway, the "waiting for Godot" moment of modern business. But here's the twist – it doesn't have to be this way. When you connect ApproveThis (the approval ninja) with Questmate (your task automation sidekick) through Zapier, you're not just streamlining processes – you're building guardrails for consistency and escape hatches for bottlenecks.

Questmate handles recurring tasks like inventory checks, client onboarding sequences, or safety inspections. ApproveThis handles the "hey, can someone sign off on this?" dance. Together? They automate the entire cycle from task completion to formal approval. We're talking about turning week-long approval delays into same-day greenlights – without a single Teams message that says "just checking in."

Real-World Use Cases That Don't Feel Like Corporate Fluff

1. The "Trust But Verify" Playbook

Picture a medical device company using Questmate to manage FDA compliance checks. Every completed inspection checklist in Questmate automatically kicks off an ApproveThis workflow. The quality team gets email approvals (with one-click signoffs), while legal gets escalation alerts if there's a critical finding. No more chasing down department leads – the system chases them for you.

2. The Budget Forcefield

A mid-sized marketing agency uses this combo to prevent scope creep. When a project manager updates a client deliverable in Questmate, ApproveThis triggers based on the hours logged. If the update exceeds the approved budget, it routes to the client services director. If it's under threshold? Auto-approved. Their account execs stopped getting surprise invoices, their clients stopped getting surprise scope changes – everyone wins.

3. The Vendor Vetting Vortex

A manufacturing company automated their supplier qualification process. New vendor assessments in Questmate now auto-create approval requests with calculated risk scores (thanks to ApproveThis' calculated fields). High-risk suppliers get routed to the executive team, low-risk go straight to procurement. Their vendor onboarding time dropped from 3 weeks to 48 hours.

Setting This Up Without an IT Degree

Here's the beauty part: if you can order DoorDash, you can set this up. Connect your Questmate account to Zapier, hook it to ApproveThis, and choose your triggers. Some real talk though – nail these three steps:

  1. Map Your Decision Points: Identify which Questmate triggers matter (completed tasks, updated items) and what approvals they need
  2. Set Your Thresholds: Use ApproveThis to auto-approve routine items and escalate exceptions
  3. Test Drive with One Process: Start with something low-risk like content approvals before tackling financial workflows

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis' vacation delegation from day one. Nothing kills momentum like an approver being OOO without a backup.

Department-Specific Wins

For Operations Teams

Questmate handles your facility maintenance schedules, ApproveThis handles the capital expenditure approvals when repairs exceed $5k. The magic happens in the conditional routing – emergency repairs get fast-tracked while standard maintenance auto-approves.

For HR

New employee onboarding checklists in Questmate now trigger equipment approval workflows. IT gets notified to provision laptops only after hiring manager signoff. No more ghost laptops for candidates who ghosted you.

For Client Services

Client deliverables in Questmate require internal reviews before sharing. The kicker? Clients get view-only access to approval statuses. Translation: fewer "is this done yet?" emails and more actual billable work.

The Unspoken Advantage: License Savings

Here's where this gets sneaky good: ApproveThis approvers don't need Questmate licenses. When you're getting signoffs from external partners or execs who shouldn't have full system access, this is your wallet's best friend. Your CFO will approve of the approval tool (see what we did there?).

When to Consider Other Options

This isn't a holy war – if you need real-time document collaboration or AI-powered risk analysis, look elsewhere. But for companies juggling multiple approval layers across recurring processes? This combo is your baseline. It's like having a Swiss Army knife instead of carrying separate pliers, screwdrivers, and that weird hook thing nobody ever uses.

Your Move

The real question isn't "why automate approvals?" – it's "can you afford not to?" Every day you delay is another day of manual follow-ups, approval amnesia, and processes that depend on people remembering to check their inbox.

Here's your play: Start an ApproveThis trial, connect it to your Questmate account via Zapier, and automate one approval process this week. Not sure where to start? Book a 15-minute demo and we'll show you how other teams in your industry cut their approval times by 60%+. No sales bingo – just actionable steps.

Because let's be honest – your team's time is better spent actually doing work than chasing down approvals. Unless you really enjoy those "per my last email" moments.

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After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.

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Best Approval Workflows for Questmate

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Questmate

Create approval request for new quest completions

When a quest run is completed in Questmate, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis to validate the completion before further processing. This integration ensures that completed quests are reviewed and approved seamlessly.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

Quest Run Completed

Triggers when a Quest Run is being completed by a user.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Create approval request for updated quest items

When a quest run item is updated in Questmate, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis to verify changes before finalizing quest details. It streamlines review processes and ensures data accuracy. *Note: Confirm that updated fields meet your approval criteria.*

Zapier Components

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Trigger

Item Changed

Triggers when a Quest Run Item is being changed/filled by a user.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Create quest for new approval requests

When a new approval request is initiated in ApproveThis, this automation creates and assigns a new quest run in Questmate. It helps to trigger quest assignments based on approval workflows efficiently. *Note: Verify that quest parameters are configured correctly.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Create & Assign Quest Run

Creates and assigns a new Quest Run to a User

Cancel scheduled quest start on approval outcome

When an approval workflow is completed in ApproveThis, this automation cancels scheduled quest starts in Questmate. It prevents the initiation of quests based on the outcome of the approval process, saving unnecessary effort.

Zapier Components

Trigger

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

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Action

Cancel a Scheduled Quest Start

Cancels one or more future scheduled starts of a Quest that match the provided External ID.