To enable owners of approval units to lock and unlock data without going through an approval process, which action should you perform?

• A. Select the Consolidation template when setting up the Approval Unit hierarchy.
• B. Select as owners only users with the Service Administrator security role.
• C. Select the Consolidation Bottom up template when setting up the Approval Unit Hierarchy
• D. Delete the default Approval Unit Hierarchy

Answer: (A)

In FCCS, the template you choose when you create the Approval Unit hierarchy defines how the approval workflow is applied to data changes. The Consolidation template is set up so that owners of approval units can manage their data directly—locking and unlocking without triggering the approval process. This aligns with giving owners direct control over their data without going through approvals.

The other options don’t achieve this: restricting ownership to a Service Administrator is a security role change, not a workflow configuration; the Bottom up template structures the approval flow to require approvals as changes move upward; and deleting the default hierarchy removes the framework entirely and won’t enable bypassing approvals.

So, selecting the Consolidation template when setting up the Approval Unit hierarchy is the correct action.