# Ideating our first process

## :bulb: A sample business process

Let's assume that we want to automate a process in which someone makes a time-off request in your organization:

* **Lois** is in charge of approving all incoming requests. 
* If the request is approved, it should send an email to the requestor confirming the start and end date of the time-off granted. 
  * At the same time, **Clark** should manually (for now) update the Google Calendar of the company to ensure that everyone is aware.

In case that **Lois** denies the request, it should simply let the requestor know via email.

![Our example process](https://295885209-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MUS2Zyga4ahUUVXmcLA%2F-MUTJT1F-4ltzc8Xv7_3%2F-MUTMKeDz58CYfe6Q5hq%2FScreenshot%202021-02-26%20at%2007.43.05.png?alt=media\&token=9f11515b-f804-46b5-a427-8a02fa5e8a75)

{% hint style="info" %}
The process in this guide is for demonstration purposes only. Seliom processes can be as simple or as complex as you need them to be.
{% endhint %}

Let's go ahead and automate this process on Seliom:

{% content-ref url="creating-our-process-on-seliom" %}
[creating-our-process-on-seliom](https://docs.seliom.com/getting-started/start-exploring/creating-our-process-on-seliom)
{% endcontent-ref %}