{{ __('Path') }}: {{ __('Workflow Settings') }} → {{ __('Hierarchy Setup') }} → {{ __('Approval Center') }}

{{ __('Global') }} — {{ __('One chain for everyone for that request type.') }}
{{ __('Department-wise') }} — {{ __('Finance Leave can differ from Program Leave.') }}
{{ __('Branch-wise') }} — {{ __('Dhaka branch chain ≠ Chittagong chain.') }}
{{ __('Department + Branch') }} — {{ __('Most specific match first, then broader fallback.') }}

{{ __('Example') }} {{ __('Scope = Department-wise. Karim (Finance) applies Leave → Finance chain. Rahim (Program) applies Leave → Program chain. If Program has no rules and fallback includes Global → use company-wide Leave rules.') }}

{{ __('2) Add / Update Hierarchy Rule (what each field means)') }}

{{ __('Field') }}	{{ __('Meaning') }}	{{ __('Example') }}
{{ __('Request Type') }}	{{ __('Which application uses this chain.') }}	{{ __('Leave Application · Staff Separation · Staff Separation Reinstate') }}
{{ __('Department / Branch') }}	{{ __('Empty = Global rule (fallback for all). Filled = only that dept/branch.') }}	{{ __('Department = Finance') }}
{{ __('Stage label') }}	{{ __('Display name of this approval step.') }}	{{ __('Line manager / HR / Director') }}
{{ __('Level') }}	{{ __('Order in the chain (1 first, then 2, …).') }}	{{ __('1 → manager, 2 → HR') }}
{{ __('Approver type') }}	{{ __('How the system picks the person.') }}	{{ __('See below') }}

{{ __('Fixed user') }} — {{ __('You pick one person (e.g. always “Mr. Alam”). Best when the same officer always approves that stage.') }}
{{ __('Direct supervisor') }} — {{ __('Uses the requester’s supervisor from their user profile. Different employees can have different supervisors.') }}
{{ __('Department head') }} — {{ __('Finds a head in the same department (by designation name like “Department Head”, or most senior designation).') }}

{{ __('Example chain') }} {{ __('Leave · Finance · Level 1 = Direct supervisor · Level 2 = Fixed user (HR Admin) · Level 3 = Fixed user (ED). When Karim applies leave: first his supervisor, then HR Admin, then ED — all visible in Approval Center.') }}

{{ __('Employee submits Leave / Loan / Separation / etc.') }}
{{ __('System freezes the matching chain on that request.') }}
{{ __('Approvers act in Approval Center level by level.') }}
{{ __('Final approve updates the original record (leave approved, loan activated, …).') }}

{{ __('Policies (skip self-approval, remove duplicate approvers, skip inactive users) are set on Workflow Settings.') }}

{{ __('Approval Hierarchy') }}

{{ __('1) Workflow Settings (how chains are maintained)') }}

{{ __('2) Add / Update Hierarchy Rule (what each field means)') }}

{{ __('3) Approver type') }}

{{ __('4) What happens after save') }}