At Cloud Kicks, new public articles must be approved before publishing. Users are asked to click the submit for approval button to begin the process but sometimes the user forgets. How should an…

Process Builder can be used for automation, but directly automating an approval submission upon record creation is typically configured within the approval process itself, or Process Builder would invoke the approval process. 'Default the Submit for Approval button' is a more direct and accurate description of the typical approval process setting for automatic submission.

Creating a new record type and page layout allows for different user interfaces and business processes, but it does not automate the submission of records into an approval process.

Initial Actions are part of an approval process but refer to actions taken *when* a record enters the process, not how the record *enters* the process automatically.

Instead of relying on users to click 'Submit for Approval', an administrator can configure the approval process to automatically submit records when they meet specific entry criteria, typically at the point of creation, effectively defaulting the submission action.