Name who decides

Time

5 minutes.

You need

• A workflow of your own with a Choice, Approve or Lock step: Build your own
• The teammate's email, as a member of your org

Steps

1. Open the workflow in the builder and click the gate.

   You should see: the gate's form: its Kind, the question, then Who decides.

2. Type the teammate's email in Who decides, or pick it from the list when this machine is signed in to your org. The builder saves as you type.

   You should see: under the field, Mentioned in the Slack thread when this waits, and heard for it. Anyone in the workbench can still answer.

3. Run it until the gate opens.

   You should see: the decision card's eyebrow Needs you · <step> · waits for <email>, and the same waits for <email> on its row in Needs you.

4. Start the same task from Slack and let it reach the gate.

   You should see: the post <@teammate> decides this. and its title <step> waits for <@teammate>. Their press decides it, as does yours.

Good to know

• Who decides is a hint about a person, never a permission. Anyone in the workbench may still answer the gate.
• In Slack it widens only that gate's buttons. Everything else in the thread still hears only the person who started it.
• The decided line in the conversation reads You … for everyone. The run's record names the member who decided.
• No direct message is sent. The mention in the thread is Slack's notification.

If something is off

• The thread says <email> decides this; they open the link. Settings → Slack has no Slack person for that email. Match them there, or they answer from Open in workbench.
• No list of members under Who decides. This machine is not signed in to an org. Type the email instead.

Next

• Share a run
• From Slack