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Every item in the catalog has an Approval flag attached to it, which:

• If it is cleared, then normal business rules apply: only if a Shopping Cart containing the item exceeds the user's Spending Limit, is it routed to their designated approver. This is hierarchical approval.
  
• If it is set, then normal business rules are overruled: if a Shopping Cart contains the item, regardless of the user's Spending Limit, it is always routed to their designated approver. This is commodity approval.

This provision is used to control the purchase of luxury or commonly abused items. When the approval flag for an item requires purchase approval, a Shopping Cart containing that item is always routed to the user's specified approver, regardless of whether the dollar value of the Shopping Cart exceeds the user's Spending Limit or not.

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