Role Owners 
On the Role Owners screen, you can set up the criteria that assigns a particular user as a role owner for a particular task or object. For example, you can specify that all roles for financial processes must be approved by John Manager. You can specify the following:
That a task or object requires approval from a role owner
The role owner
The alternate role owner
The type of approval
You can use the functions on the Role Owner screen to complete the following tasks:
Create role owner criteria
Modify existing role owner criteria
Delete role owner criteria
Search for role owner criteria
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