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Review Forms - Allow Cash Amount Requested to flow to Approval module if not utilized on Request Form

If a grant manager is reviewing an application with an internal committee, the goal is for the Cash Amount Requested field on the Review Form to flow to the Approval Module (rather than the amount requested on the Request Form). The goal is for the Grant Manager to be able to submit the internal Review Form and have that amount flow to the Approval module so that they can Approve + Award in a single step. Currently, the only workaround is to add another workflow level for Recommend Funding which requires the grant manager to submit the final approved amount in the Committee Review Form as well as the Recommend Funding step. This could be streamlined if the Cash Amount Requested field can be utilized on the Committee Review Form so that this amount flows to the Approval module to be completed in one step. Otherwise, the amount requested by the applicant flows to the Approval module which can be easily overlooked if the Committee chooses to approve and award a different amount (which is almost always the case).

Note: Cash Amount Requested is the only field that flows to the Approval module if used on a Request Form. We want to use this field on the Review Form itself so that we can pull it into ad hoc reports.