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Maker/Checker role assignment for Business Term approval

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In a business term approval process , when a maker(workflow initiator) add user/user groups as a stewards(approvers) for any business terms ,current UI displays all users without verifying whether those users has reviewer role or higher permission roles ; as only reviewer role user can view the draft BT and approve it .
Since the UI shows all users , now maker can choose any user/ user groups and even user who has lower permission (viewer) can get added and they will behave as stewards to approve business term; although they cannot review the draft business terms but can approve it.

Additional checks should be there in place before display the list of user/user groups to be added as a stewards ; so it avoids users with viewer role permission get added as a steward to approve BT.

Expected behaviour :

1. Users expected to play the role of Approvers should be assigned to the Approver AD groups
2. Only these users should be able to see & Approve the Business Terms.

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