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In the case of Entity Level authorization, PDC allows you to define a workflow where new entities are authorized prior to being released (achieves a complete release status). An entity level authorization is a single, fund level authorization and it is not tied to a specific field. When this option is enabled, the system generates the following actions when creating a new entity:
A pending new entity authorization is created.
And the entity release status is set to incomplete until approval.
PDC also allows you to generate entity level authorizations whenever an existing entity has a history record duplicated to a new effective date.
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