---
alias: user-guide-approve-change-set
tags:
- change management
description: "This documentation details the process of approving a change set within a system"
---

# Approve Change Set

:lock: ChangeSet.**Approve**

## Overview

This operation is used to request approval for a **Change Set**.

## Setup

No special setup is required, other than to meet the transaction's preconditions.

## Preconditions

* **Change Set** exists and it is in the "Active" / "InApproval" state.
* If an Approval Workflow (MainStateModel) does not exist, then:
    * a **Change Set** Approval Role must be defined.  
    * the user must belong to that role.
* If an Approval workflow exists, then:
    * all **Change Set** Items must have been previously approved.
    * a **Change Set** StateModelState role must be defined.
    * the user must belong to that role.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1 - General Data

1. Select an existing **Change Set** whose state is *In Approval*.
2. Select a **Change Set** Item. If there is an approval workflow for the **Change Set**, then it will also be possible to select the next "State" of the **Change Set** in the approval workflow.
3. By clicking **Approve**, the **Change Set** will be approved and forwarded to the next state.

     ![approve_change_set]

4. Once the operation is completed, feedback on the status of the **Change Set** will be provided and can be one of the following:
   * **Change Set** has been "Approved" and all **Change Set** Items have been made "Effective" (in case the **Change Set** and all **Change Set** Items have an Approval Date set and all **Change Set** Items were made "Effective").
   * **Change Set** has been "Approved" and all **Change Set** Items have been made "Active" (in case the **Change Set** and all **Change Set** Items have an Approval Date set and at least one **Change Set** Item failed to become "Effective".
   * **Change Set** has been set to the next **StateModelState**.

[approve_change_set]: images/approve_change_set.png