For each user with security to review adjustments, the specific level a user can approve must be listed in the user's record. When a user requests or approves an adjustment, the assigned approval level is associated with the adjustment, and the adjustment is routed for further review, if needed. What is this requirement called?

• A. Bucketed tiered approval
• B. Cascading tiered approval
• C. Adjustment review level
• D. Adjustment Approval Level

Answer: (D)

The requirement is about recording the exact approval authority for each user and tying that authority to the adjustment. By listing the specific level a user can approve in the user’s record, the system knows who is allowed to act on an adjustment and what steps they can take. When a user requests or approves an adjustment, that assigned approval level travels with the adjustment to determine routing—if further review is needed, the adjustment is sent to the next reviewer who has the appropriate level. This ensures proper authorization, consistent workflow, and an auditable trail of who approved what and at what level.

Other terms describe different workflow ideas—grouping levels into buckets, cascading approvals across levels, or a generic notion of a review level—but they don’t name the exact per-user, per-adjustment authority and its routing as precisely as Adjustment Approval Level.