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# Approval Requests

How to approve or reject Approval requests within OneSite Patch.

Some Patching Strategies require patch manager approval before beginning a patch cycle. The Patching Process looks for an Approval Chain to use when processing approvals and sends a notification based on the communication process configured for each approver.

These approval communications include a as list of applicable patches from the strategy, and a link that directs the approver to the Admin Portal, prompting them to authenticate.

![HTML email approval request notification](https://2503798551-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F7VJNM00p5XQ4pMWqCu8y%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-6c941cac302f77fa216e01145c2580a4973a49c8%2Fapproval-request-notification-patch-list.png?alt=media)

Administrators may see all pending and completed Approvals using the OneSite Patch dashboard.

## Approve or Reject a Patch Request

1. Select **Approval Requests** from the left navigation menu of the Patch dashboard.

   ![](https://2503798551-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F7VJNM00p5XQ4pMWqCu8y%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f236a2e36f17319ffc1dcd5b797a244775b9dd6b%2Fside-nav.png?alt=media)

   * The **All** view is read-only. You may view the Approval details, but you may not make any changes.
   * **Pending** lists the process awaiting approval. You may view and change processes with a status of pending. The Approval Request details for processes await approval in this list.
   * The **Completed** view is read-only. You may view the Approval Request details, but you may not make any changes.
2. Select the **ellipsis ...** in the **Action** column to view details of a specific request:

   ![Approval Actions](https://2503798551-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F7VJNM00p5XQ4pMWqCu8y%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-100afbb7f92612840b5ed8104c19ce5f87009e3c%2Fapproval-table.png?alt=media)

   * Select **Approve** to approve a pending request.
   * Select **Reject** to reject a pending request.
   * Select **View** to view additional details about any request. For completed requests, *View* is your only option.