How to add a conditional statement

[Krishna Krishna]

Down below are the xml tags with the roles who have the access to close an event.Now I need to include a condition like:

1. If the Initiator(role) is not present the DSM(New Role)should be able to close the event.
2. If the DSM is not present then RSD(New Role) should be able to close the event.

This is form an XML File...

<panel name="closeout" display="Event Closeout/Payment" showPrevNext="true" CssClass="GridHeaderRed">
 
 <statuses>
 <status>Completed</status>
 </statuses>
 
<roles>
<include>
 
<role>Initiator</role> 
<role>CoSponsor</role>
<role>CoSponsorManagement</role> 
<role>InitiatorManagement</role>
<role>Promotional Policy Group</role>
<role>Admin</role>
<role>Super Admin</role>
 
</include>
</roles>

[jkmyoung]

First off, when you say close an event, do you mean edit the xml so that the status reads closed, or completed or something like that?

OR is this a check of a submitted action, and you are trying to determine whether to approve the action or not?