# How-To Guides

Short, task-oriented recipes. Each page walks through a single configuration in the AWE admin portal — no concepts, no rationale. For the why-and-how-it-works, read the [Functional Specifications](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/functional-specifications.md). For a one-page menu of every pattern AWE supports, see the [Scenarios catalog](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/scenarios.md).

| Task                                                                                                                            | Audience         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| [Run stages in parallel](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/parallel-stages.md)                        | Policy author    |
| [Skip a stage based on context](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/conditional-skip.md)                | Policy author    |
| [Configure SLA escalation](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/sla-escalation.md)                       | Policy author    |
| [Set up out-of-office delegation](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/delegation.md)                    | Admin / operator |
| [Mark a required (must-approve) approver](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/required-approver.md)     | Policy author    |
| [Add a non-blocking observer](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/observers.md)                         | Policy author    |
| [Forbid self-approval & repeat approvers](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/segregation-of-duties.md) | Policy author    |
| [Reassign a stuck task](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/reassign-task.md)                           | Admin / operator |
| [Use a Keycloak client role in a rule](/platform/platform-services/approval-workflow-engine/how-to/client-role-rule.md)         | Policy author    |


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