ApproveThis manages your TITAN Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: App Builder

When Bureaucracy Meets Its Match

Let's cut through it: approvals suck. They're the traffic jam in your workflow highway. But what if your TITAN forms could automatically kick off approval chains that actually move at the speed of business? That's where ApproveThis comes in - like a caffeine shot for your processes.

TITAN's great at collecting data. ApproveThis is great at getting decisions made. Together? They're the dream team for companies tired of chasing signatures or playing "where's my approval?" bingo.

Why This Combo Doesn't Just Work - It Wins

TITAN handles the "what" - forms, documents, all that juicy data entry. ApproveThis handles the "who" and "when" - making sure the right people say yes/no without the endless Slack pings. The magic happens in Zapier, acting as the bilingual translator between the two systems.

Real win? Your approvers don't need TITAN logins. Huge for working with clients or contractors who shouldn't have full system access. Just send them an email, let them click approve/reject, and keep everything moving.

Use Cases That Actually Matter

The Instant Triage System

Picture this: A marketing agency uses TITAN forms for client content requests. Every submission auto-creates an ApproveThis request routed to:

Legal (check for trademark issues)
Finance (verify budget availability)
Creative Director (final thumbs up)

Approval thresholds mean small copy changes get auto-approved under $500. Big campaigns escalate to the CMO. Vacation delegation prevents bottlenecks when people are OOO. All tracked in one dashboard instead of 17 spreadsheets.

Procurement That Doesn't Procrastinate

Manufacturing company scenario: TITAN forms for equipment requests trigger ApproveThis workflows with:

Department head approval (sequential)
Cross-functional safety review (consensus)
CFO sign-off if over $10k

Calculated fields auto-add shipping costs and tax before sending to finance. Real-time tracking lets requesters stop asking "where is it?" every two hours.

Setup That Won't Make You Hate Tech

1. Zapier Time: Create a new Zap with TITAN's "New Form Submission" trigger
2. Map Fields: Tell ApproveThis which form data matters (budget amounts, request types, etc)
3. Set Rules: Build your approval logic once - thresholds, approver groups, escalation paths
4. Test Drive: Submit a test form, watch the approval request land where it should

Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' calculated fields to auto-add processing fees or compliance checks before sending for approval. Makes reviewers' lives easier.

Department-Specific Wins

HR Teams

New hire equipment requests via TITAN forms auto-route based on role:
- Standard laptop? Auto-approved
- High-end dev workstation? Triggers IT and CFO review
- Calculated fields add setup costs and depreciation schedules

Finance Teams

Expense reports in TITAN trigger ApproveThis workflows that:
- Auto-flag policy violations
- Route $50 meals to managers, $500+ to directors
- Integrate with accounting software post-approval

Operations Teams

Maintenance requests through TITAN forms become approval chains that:
- Assign priority levels
- Check inventory availability
- Require safety officer sign-off for hazardous work

The Unsexy Features That Secretly Rule

Beyond basic approvals, this combo solves real headaches:

Approval Thresholds: Let junior staff handle small stuff automatically. Only bug the VP when it matters.
Conditional Routing: Send IT requests to different approvers based on equipment type pulled from TITAN forms.
Audit Trails: Every approval decision logs who approved what, when, and why. Compliance teams sleep easier.

When to Call in the Cavalry

This isn't just for big enterprises. If any of these sound familiar, it's time to act:

- You've got "approval spreadsheets" that multiple people edit (poorly)
- Requests get "lost" between departments
- Finance complains about last-minute approvals
- Clients/contractors constantly ask where their request is

No-BS Next Steps

1. Grab an ApproveThis trial (takes 3 minutes)
2. Connect via Zapier to your TITAN forms
3. Build one approval workflow for your most annoying process
4. Watch your team actually like process for once

Or book a demo if you want to see the sausage being made first. Either way, stop letting approvals be the bottleneck you just tolerate.

Common Objections (And Why They're BS)

"We're not techy enough"
If you can set up a TITAN form, you can handle this. Zapier does the heavy lifting.

"Our process is too complex"
Approval chains with 15 steps? Conditional logic eats that for breakfast. Seriously.

"We'll set it up later"
How's that working out so far? Exactly. Takes 2 hours today or lose 200 hours this year.

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Best Approval Workflows for TITAN

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for TITAN

Create approval requests for new TITAN form submissions

This automation triggers when a new form entry is created in TITAN and sends an approval request to ApproveThis. It streamlines the review process by automatically routing submissions for approval. *Note: Ensure the approval workflow criteria are properly configured in ApproveThis.*

Zapier Components

Trigger

New Form Submission

Triggers when a new form entry (submission) is created.

Action

Create Request

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