> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.relyant.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Approvals

> Review pending requests and set up rules that decide who approves what

**Approvals** is your inbox for requests that need a decision. Approval rules control which requests go to which approvers.

## What needs approval

In Facilities & Assets, approvals cover:

* **Work Requests**
* **Location Bookings**
* **Asset Bookings**
* **Help Desk**
* **Asset Archival**
* **Transport Bookings**

Supply requests, purchase requests, inventory adjustments, and inventory transfers appear in the **Stock & Inventory** app's approvals inbox instead.

## Review requests

**Approvals** works like an inbox: the list of requests is on the left, and the selected request opens on the right with a live preview of the record.

**1. Open Approvals**

In the sidebar, under **Workspace**, click **Approvals**. The sidebar badge shows how many requests are pending.

**2. Find a request**

The **Pending** tab lists requests waiting for your decision. The **Decided** tab lists requests that were already approved or rejected. Search by title, requester, or workflow, or click **Filter** to show one **Type**. Press ↑ and ↓ to step through the list.

**3. Check the details**

Click a request to see its workflow, its approvers, and a preview of the record. Click **Open in Facilities** to go to the record itself.

**4. Approve or reject**

Click **Approve**, or click **Reject** and enter a reason. The requester is notified of the reason. Approving a work request opens **Approve Request**, where you set a location and other details, then click **Create Work Order**.

After you decide, the next pending request opens automatically. Decided requests show who approved or rejected them, when, and the reason. On a phone or small screen, the request opens in a sheet.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The inbox lists the approvals assigned to you. If you aren't a designated approver for a request, its **Approve** and **Reject** buttons are turned off.

## Designated approvers

When a request matches an approval rule, only the approvers listed on that rule can approve or reject it. Organization admins can always decide. Holding the general approve permission isn't enough. If you try to decide a request you aren't designated for, you see "You are not an authorized approver for this request."

If no rule matches, anyone with the approve permission can decide the request.

## Set up approval rules

**1. Open approval settings**

Click **Settings** at the bottom of the sidebar, then click **Approvals**.

**2. Choose a request type**

Select the tab for the request type you want to configure. Only types for enabled modules appear.

**3. Add a rule**

Click **Add Rule** and fill in:

* **Name** — for example, "Facilities Work Request Approval"
* **Entity Type** — the kind of request the rule covers
* **Assets** or **Locations** — for asset or location bookings only, restrict the rule to specific resources, or leave empty to cover every booking
* **Department** — restrict the rule to one department, or keep **All Departments**
* **Approvers** — one or more members who can decide matching requests

**4. Save**

Click **Create**. Use the **Active** switch in the rules table to turn a rule on or off.

## How rules are matched

When a request is submitted, Relyant picks the most specific active rule:

1. A rule scoped to the booked asset or location
2. A rule scoped to the requester's department
3. A global rule with no department or resource scope

If more than one rule matches at the same level, the most recently created rule wins.


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